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SEDGWICK. 



Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, born Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn.. Sept. 

13th, 1813. 

Cadet U. S. Mil. Acmy. July 1st, 1833. 2nd Lieut., 2nd Arty., July 1st, 
1837. 1st Lieut., 2nd Arty., Apl. 19, 1839. Captain 2nd Arty, Jan. 26th, 
1849. Maj. 1st Cav'ly, Mar. 8th, 1855. Lieut. Col. 2nd Cal'vy, Mar. 16th, 
1861. Col. 1st Cal'vy, Apl. 25th, 1861. Brig. Genl. TJ. S. Vols., Aug. 
31st, 1861. Maj. Genl. U. S. Vols., July 4, 1862. 



SIXTH AKMY CORPS. 

Dedicated May r2th, 1887, on the 23rd anniversary of the heaviest days' 
fight at Spottsylvania. 



A tribute to a beloved comraander l)y the survivors of his corps and their 

friends. 



Erected to commemorate this spot where Maj. Genl. .John Sedgwick, U. S. 
Vols., commanding Sixth Army Corps was killed in action on the morning 
of the 9th of May, 1864. 



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DUNLAP & CLARKE, 

PRINTERS, 

819 & 821 Filbert St., Philadelphia. 



DEDICATORY PROCEEDINGS. 



Introduction, 

The spot where Sedgwick fell, in the vicinity of Spottsyl- 
vania Court House, slumbered in fovgetfulness, until General 
Humphreys, in his investigations, preparatory to the prepara- 
tion of his substantial and relial:ft»* historic narrative of the 
^'Virginia Campaigns of '64 and '65/' first brought it to atten- 
tion. He visited the locality about 1874, and causing a rough 
houlder to be rolled to the spot to identify it, subsequently 
described it in his work as follows : " The skirmishers and 
sharpshooters were very active on both sides, and in the morn- 
ing [May 9th] General Sedgwick was killed, close to the en- 
trenchments, at the right of his Corps, but not under cover, 
at the point where the forks of the road in Alsop's field 
unite." 

Following the direction from which the Union army ap- 
proached the battle-field, it is really where the forks re-unite. 

From a half to three-quarters of a mile to the northwest, near 
the Alsop house, a lane, Avhich a gate now there indicates it to 
be, breaks off from the main Brock or Goshen Church road. 
Both lane and road bearing Avell off to the southward, continue 
nearly parallel, about a quarter of a mile apart, and again 
unite where the Sedgwick monument now stands. On a main 
road, and they are decidedly scarce in that country, it is one 
of the few points on the extended lines, occupied by the Union 
forces during the engagement where anything of prominence 



could be erected to be seen, except the traveler left the usual 
traveled routes to find it. The Court-house lays some mile and 
three-quarters to the southeast. 

Ten years and more rolled by, and other travelers, not so 
prominent, nor yet engaged on such an important mission, 
happened in the same locality. They were men of the old 
Sixth Army Corps. What they laclvcd in prominence, what 
their mission w^anted in importance, was measurably compen- 
sated for in the deep and abiding reverence in which they held 
the memory of their old beloved commander ; and they 
there resolved that the duty Sedgwick's soldiers owed, as weU 
to him as to each other, to perpetuate, in enduring stone, the 
ground made sacred by his fall, should be discharged with 
zealous promptitude. 

It was only so recently as October of the past year, these 
Sixth Corps tourists discovered this neglected spot, and by 
May of the present, the Corps itself had accomplished the de- 
sign, of which it is the purpose of these pages to tell. 

The announcement of the project met with universal acqui- 
escence, and after a few preliminary meetings the enterprise 
took shape in January last, in the organization of the Sedg- 
Avick Memorial Association. By circulars and through the 
press its purpose was freely promulgated, and in a few weeks 
su'bstantial financial responses and approving endorsements gave 
such satisfactory assurance of ultimate success that the Execu- 
tive Committee felt justified in letting the contract for the 
Monument, and they so did by awarding it to John Ferguson, 
of Philadelphia. At the same time negotiations were opened 
to secure title to the ground, and subsequently the Association 
purchased the historic acre within the limits of which the 
heroic Sedjrwick fell. 



The 9th of May happening upon Monday, to avoid the incon- 
venience of laying over, Sunday, the 12th, the twenty-third 
anniversary of the heaviest day's fighting at Spottsylvania, 
was selected as the most desirable for the dedication. 

The Excursion. 

Most auspicious weather favored the occasion, and continued 
throughout the trip. The special train left Philadelphia at 
7.20 on the morning of the 11th, and arrived at Fredericks- 
burg, with but few interruptions, on its advertised schedule. 
The excursion numbered upwards of three hundred, and of the 
eleven States which supplied the troops that made up the Corps 
organization, all save one was represented. Nearly every regi- 
ment had a representation, many of them in goodly numbers. 
Of the three Corps Commanders who survive — General Wright 
was present. General Smith temporarily out of the country, 
and General Franklin, because of his health, were absent. 
General Getty, of the Division Commanders, was also present ; 
most of the others explained, and regretted their absence. 
General Seymour is abroad ; General Ricketts is an invalid 
from his wounds, and General Couch was in the far northwest. 
General. Shaler, General MacMahon, the Assistant Adjutant 
General of the Corps, Col. Scofield, Chief Commissary, Major 
Fobes, Assistant Adjutant General, A^ermont Brigade 
Colonel W. P. Roome, Assistant Adjutant General, Upton's 
Brigade, General McCartney and Colonel Cowan, two of 
the eminent artillerists of the Corps, were also in attend- 
ance. Governor Ormsbee, of Vermont, with his staif, and 
Adjutant General Stryker, representing the State of New 
Jersey accompanied the party, all actively participating in 
the ceremonies. The Regimental Commanders present wei'e 



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Colonel Seaver and Colonel Pingrce, Third Vermont, Colonel 
Harris, Sixth Maine, Colonel Kidder, One Hundred and 
Twenty-first New York, General Clark, One Hundred and 
Nineteenth Pennsylvania, General Pinto, Thirty-second New- 
York, Colonel Orr and Colonel Greene, Sixty-first Pennsyl- 
vania. General Hill, Sixth Maryland, Colonel Brown, Twen- 
ty-third New Jersey, Major Bryan, Third New Jersey, Colonel 
Davis, Fifteenth New Jersey, Major Tailoff", Sixty-fifth New 
York. General Keifer, detained in Washington as the orator 
at the unveiling of the Garfield statue, took part in the recep- 
tion by the President. 

On the arrival at Fredericksburg, escorted by the Fredericks- 
burg Grays, Captain McCracken, and a committee of citizens, 
the Association was marched to the Exchange Hotel, where 
the Hon. Josiah Hazard, Mayor of the City, formally wel- 
comed it. 

deception at Freclericksbnrfj. 

The Mayor spoke as follows : 

Gentlemen of the Sed'gavick Memorial Associa- 
tion: The honor and privilege has been accorded me, in behalf 
of the citizens of Fredericksburg, to extend to you a cordial 
and hearty welcome to our city, and in behalf of the City 
Council, to thank you for your kind and courteous invitation 
to participate in the ceremonies of dedicating a monument 
near Spottsylvania Court-house to the gallant soldier and pa- 
triot, General John Sedgwick. 

We accept your invitation, and will be with you, where the 
blue and the gray will mingle, and with open hearts and Avill- 
ing hands do honor to the fallen liero. 

When we assemble around the spot where " Sedgwick" 
fell. Ave will knoAv no North, no South, but join hands Avitli 
you in placing wreaths of everlasting flowers (immortelles) 
upon the monument erected to his memor}'. 



We who bore the heat and burden of the day in " the times 
that tried men's souls," forgetting the past, living in the present, 
with bright hopes for the future, must strive to impress upon 
our children, that the war is over, and we have a common 
country left us as our heritage ; a grand and glorious country, 
bequeathed to us by our forefathers to love, cherish and defend 
— " Peace hath more might than war." 

When we, the survivors of the late cruel war, who have been 
spared to do honor to our fallen heroes, shall have been peace- 
fully laid to rest beneath the sod, no monument to mark our 
last resting-place; no " storied urn or eulogistic epitaph" to 
proclaim our deeds to coming generations, and when " the feet 
of those Ave fought for, the voices of those we wrought for, shall 
echo round our bones forevermore ;" then, when the children 
and children's children of the men who wore the blue and the 
men who wore the gray at each recurring May time, shall 
make that pilgrimage to the monument that you have erected 
to General John Sedgwick, and to one that shall rise ere long 
to Stonewall Jackson (both heroes of one common country), 
and place garlands of sweet May flowers over them, as they 
call to remembrance their heroism and braver}^ let them not 
forget the brave men who followed them, and like their loved 
leaders, laid down their lives for their country. 

The President of the Association, General Latta, replied as 
follows : 

On behalf of the Association, Mr, Mayor, I thank you 
for your very gracious reception, your very generous and cor- 
dial words of welcome. 

I represent a body of hungry, famished patriots from all 
the States of the Atlantic seaboard, from Maine to Maryland 
(laughter). A toilsome, lengthy journey has whetted appe- 
tites, and the urgency of unappeased hunger demands that 
they be promptly and bountifully satisfied. They do not now, 
as of yore, bear with them their own subsistence, nor do thev 
carry the appliances to fit it for toothsome, ready digestion. 



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Facing the gable wall of this large, well-appointed hostelry' 
they look longingly to its |)rolific larder to answer the cravings 
of their emptiness. 

It is more convenient to be here at this time than it was 
some twenty odd years ago (applause). Fredericksburg's 
thrift and enterprise, business and prosperity is indicative of a 
more hospitable welcome than were her frowning battlements 
and gun-capped heights. The generous display of the Ameri- 
can standard, that so liberally decorates your streets, is an as- 
surance that it is strong enough, and broad enough, and grand 
enough to gather within its wide and ample folds all the peo- 
ple of our land, the citizens of a common country, happy in 
the destiny vouchsafed them, if they obey the laws, and be 
free, open and candid in their support of the majesty of their 
Government. (Applause.) 

Recurring to the necessities incident to universal hunger, 
and again thanking you for your kindly words and hearty re- 
ception, I declare the Sedgwick Memorial Association ad- 
journed for dinner. 

The action of tlie presiding officer was unanimously and ap- 
preciatively endorsed, and the "'patriots" hurried to make sad 
havoc with the well supplied tables of the town's substantial 
hostelries. 

During the afternoon conveyances were in readiness, and 
the many points of interest, Marye's Heights, the National 
Cemetery, Franklin's Crossing, the Bernard House ruins, 
Falmouth, White-oak Church, and others in the vicinity, 
were visited by greater numbers than they had seen since 
the eventful days Avhich give them such historic prominence. 

In the evening all the available space the Court-house 
afforded was occupied by citizens and sojournei's, to witness 
the proceedings of the Camp-fire, most bapjiily conducted 
by Comrade William J. Wruv, of the Executive Committee. 



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Uedication. 

The start for the Spottsylvania Fiehl, on the early morn- 
ing of the twelfth, was made with commenable promptness. 
By far the larger number of conveyances moved by the longer 
routes by Salem Church, and the so-called turnpike, some going 
as far as the old Sixth Corps route out of the Wilderness to 
the Catharpin road, Aldrich's, and Piney Branch Church. 

It was not the army's fault the Virginia roads were bad. 
They were still detestable, and it was only after more than 
three hours of the roughest sort of journeying that Alsop's 
farm was reached. 

The people from all the country side had gathered about 
the monument. Every vehicle, some of the oddest construc- 
tion, had been pressed into the service, and the numbers as- 
sembled ran into the thousands. One enterprising citizen 
had erected a stand to accommodate the audience, and a suit- 
able platform had been provided for the speakers. The cere- 
monies began about noon, and occupied nearly two hours. 
Brevet Major-General Horatio Gates Wright, United States 
Army, late Major-General United States Volunteers, com- 
manding Sixth Army Corps, presided. He called upon the 
Rev. I, Newton Ritner, of the Eleventh Baptist Church, of 
Philadelphia (late Brevet Captain of the 49th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and Chaplain (jeorge G. Meade Post, No. 1, 
Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic), 
who delivered the following prayer : 

Prayer, 

Thou eternal God, our heavenly Father ! Assist us, we 
pray Thee, to come into Thy presence reverently and accept- 
ably. 

We praise Thee for the continued preservation of our lives ; 



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for the clieerfnl siuisliiiic and inspiration of tlie present oc- 
casion, and for the tender and halh»\ved nieniories of the past. 

As a highly-favored <i;roup of surviving soldiers, we bless 
Th}' name for the unspeakable privilege of being permitted, 
after so many years, to reassemble in peace upon this con- 
secrated spot, in order to dedicate a memorial of fond affection 
to our former beloved and gallant commander. 

Be pleased, in Thy great mercy, to crown, with Thy 
choicest benediction, the affectionate and patriotic service we 
are now about to perform. May this substantial and l»eauti- 
ful monument be preserved, througli Thy kind Providence, 
from age to age ; and may it be a perpetual reminder to each 
succeeding generation, of a re-united country, and also of 
that unselfish ])atriotism which so greatly distinguished our 
departed chieftain, under whose leadership our brave com- 
panions, who fell upon this bloody field, cheerfully offered 
their lives for the cause so sacredly enshrined in all our 
hearts. 

We beseech Thee, our heavenly Father, to bless and guide 
the Chief Executive of this great Nation ; preserve our be- 
loved country from all future peril ; and lead us, as a people, 
in the ways of peace and righteousness. 

Grant Thy loving benediction also upon us, the surviving 
comrades of those whose heroic devotion we now commemo- 
rate. Pardon our repeated transgressions. Assist us to care 
for our suffering comrades, and for the widows and orphans 
of the fiillen. May we ever be true to each other, loyal to 
flag and country, and obedient to Thy holy will ; and, in the 
end, be pleased graciously to receive us into the Grand Army 
above. We ask these favors in tlie name of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Address. 

General Wright then addressed the Association and visitors 
as follows : 

Comrades of the Sixth Corps and of the Army of 
THE Potomac : — I tender you a hearty greeting on this spot. 



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where we Avere assembled nearly a quarter of a century ago in 
deadly conflict ; where we left so many of our brothers-in- 
arms, as silent witnesses of the fearful struggle we had passed 
through, and Avhat has made this, the locality of the " bloody 
angle," historic. First amongst these, was our gallant and 
beloved commander of the "Old Sixth Corps," Major-General 
John Sedgwick — " Uncle John" — in the hearts of so many. 

In his memory to-day we meet to link the Past with the 
Present, by the dedication of this stone. His bravery as a 
soldier, his merits as a commander, and his worth as a man, 
will remain in our love while we continue on earth, and be 
handed down to our children and our children's children to 
the latest generation. 

Just as I was leaving home I received a letter from General 

F. T. Dent, whom you will remember as one of the staff of 

General Grant, in which he details his last interview with 

General Sedgwick, but a few moments before the fatal shot 

■ was fired. As it cannot fail to interest you, I will now read it : 

2015 Q Street, Washington, D. C, 

May 10, 1887. 

General : — As all that relates to General Sedgwick is 
dear to his and (by inheritance) your old and glorious corps, I 
send you my quota. On the morning General Sedgwick was 
killed. General Grant told me to go to General Sedgwick, near 
Alsop's, and give him the movements of the army for the day 
— part were in writing and the contingent verbal. I went to 
Sedgwick and found him sitting in front of his tent in his 
shirt sleeves (that is, coat off), taking his breakfast. He 
greeted me with my old West Point name : 

" Hello, Jerry; had breakfast ?" 

I answered : 
" No, General ; Grant routed me out just as it was about 
ready, to come to you, and kindly said, ' it would be nice and 
cold for me when I came back.' " 

" Then come and take breakfast with me." 



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I accepted, and durini^ our meal communicated Grant's 
message to Sedgwick. While we were eating and talking, 
some troops were engaged in throwing up a line of defensive 
works, a few yards, I should think not over fifty, to the front 
and left of Sedgwick's tent, and the enemy's sharpshooters 
were annoying them with an occasional shot at long range, 
making the men stoop, when one would wdiistle over ; this 
dodging amused the General, and he called out to the men to 
know what they were dodging for ? 

" Those fellows could not hit a barn at that distance." 

We rose from table, and bidding the General " good-morn- 
ing," with a grip of the hand, and a friendly warning : 

"Uncle John, your tent is too near to the battle-line for the 
comfort of your visitors," I mounted, and set out for General 
Grant's Head-Quarters, one mile aAvay. As I rode along, I 
looked back, and saw Sedgwick standing near the men who 
were at work ; it Avas the last time I saw him alive. I rode 
in a canter up to Head-Quarters, and found General 
Grant in the road, in front, looking much distressed. He 
said to me, as though I knew it, and had come to tell him : 

"Well, poor Sedgwick is gone." 

I replied : 

" Gone ! What do you mean ? I parted with him not 
more than twenty minutes since, and he gave me a cup of 
coffee." 

Grant said : 

" He is dead ; killed by a sharpshooter, and I have directed 
his body to be sent here to be embalmed ; it is now on the 
road." 

A short time after, it came in an ambulance, escorted by 
some of the dead General's staff. I do not think I ever saw 
Grant so much moved as he Avas then, except once in Burling- 
ton, N. J., when w-e received a telegram from Mr. Stanton, 
tellino; of Mr. Lincoln's death. 

In my manifold Order Book, is a violet, I plucked four 



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hours after, where Sedgwick fell. The sight of it, and the 
dedication of the tablet is my excuse for this note. 
Yours, truly, 

F. T. DENT, 

Brevet Brigadier Greneral, 
ex- Aid-de-camp to General G-rant. 
Gen. H. G. Wright, 

Com. of the Sixth Corps. 

As the exercises of the day promise to be long, I will, Avith- 
out detaining you further, proceed Avith the discharge of my 
duties as Chairman on this occasion. Letters from prominent 
persons will now be read by the Secretary. 

The Secretary then read a number of letters, which appear 
in the Appendix. 

Address by Gorernor Pingree. 

Ex-Governor S. E. Pingree, of Vermont, la^ Colonel Third 
Vermont Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. A., 
then delivered the following address : 

John Sedgwick comes home today to the hearts of the old 
Sixth Corps. 

A loyal son of Connecticut, a patriot of the Republic, a 
leader among the great soldiers of the Union Army, standing 
at his post on this consecrated spot, supervising and directing 
as he was wont to do, the details of his brave command, he 
fell, and his great spirit passed on forever to the vale beyond, 
and his mortal eye closed on the earthly scene. 

The hush of his death was momentary, and the clangor of 
battle went on. 

As his pure spirit was borne on angel-wings to the abodes of 
peace, his mantle fell on the broad shoulder of our noble friend 
at my left, and he and we clothed by the sudden bereavement 
in the habiliments of mourning, held our grip on the duties of 
life, and the battle progressed with steadfast vigor. 



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The thoughts of" men, for the time, were (h'awn from the 
(lead and directed to the living ; but as night came on, and the 
din of battle ceased for the return of light, which of us can 
forget while the sense of memory remains, the sad and sor- 
rowful interchange of grief and the sounds of mourning that 
passed in these woods at the loss of our beloved commander. 

It was the great good fortune of the 1st Vermont Brigade 
to serve long, and, to him, acceptably, in the command of 
General Sedgwick. 

I have knowledge tluit the good name for staunch soldier- 
ship in camp, on the campaign and in the hour of battle^ 
Avhich that brigade attained in common with the men of Penn- 
sylvania, New York, Maine, Wisconsin, and other States, Avho 
composed that famous corps of American soldiers, was fully 
appreciated by General Sedgwick, and was largely due to the 
confidence and faith they reposed in him. 

That the best equipment of skillful generalship would guide 
and direct us on every field of conflict we well knew, and 
there was never an expression or thought of distrust in fixce or 
mind of any. 

This confiding trust and assurance made the brigade, the 
divison, and the corps invincible in battle and immortal in 
fame. 

We return to-day to reconsecrate the ground on which he 
fell, and to pay the fresh tribute of grateful hearts to hia 
memory. 

This fated spot was the altar on which he made the last 
sacrifice that falls to the lot of a brave man to make — the sacri- 
fice of life that his government and ours might continue to 
hold a name and place among the commonwealths of the earth. 

Those scenes and tragic activities of our young lives, once 
so familiar and so real, are now beginning to seem like a dream 
of lonn; ago. 

It is nearly a (quarter of a century since we stood shoulder 
to shoulder in the battle array of the Wilderness and of this 
forest with our beloved General, confronting that brave army 
of Northern Virginia. 



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And, although now passing the threshohl of middle life — 
although we perceive that the foot falls slower and less certain 
on the ffround, and the sounds of earth seem farther off to the 
ear, yet the calm, dignified, and majestic form and face of 
"Uncle John" is reproduced in the memories of this day, 
unchanged. 

And so it will ever be while the sense of memory remains 
with any of his command. 

Comrades, there is a power and an authority in the mourn- 
ful gravity of this occasion which invite us, as with the pleading 
voice or stern command of the unseen, to exalt, to purify, and . 
to ennoble our ambition as citizens. 

We once came upon this field " Avith banner, brand, and 
bow, as foeman seeks his mortal foe." We come noAV amid 
the full fruition of peaceful days ; Ave meet and greet our 
fellow citizens of Virginia as friends ; they welcome us by their 
kindly greetings ; they encourage and aid us in our pious rites 
to the memory of our gallant chief. 

Their broad horizon of humanity Avill secure to us and our 
successors forever, the safe and sacred keeping of this memorial 
tribute of the soldiers of the Sixth Corps to their General. 

They feel that, in this memorial service, we do honor to 
one to whom honor is due. 

They recognize the claim Avhich is imposed upon us by the 
just and natural respect and devotion which his bravery inspires 
within us. 

His work is done, and it is well done. His faith failed not 
even in death. The drops from heaven Avill fall gently on 
these famous fields where the mighty armies met in battle. 

Let it be the sacred trust of Pennsylvanians, Yermonters, 
Virginians, and all alike as citizens of one country that they 
be nevermore stained Avith fraternal blood. 

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TJm'cHhitf o/' MoHinmnt. 
The Monument was then unveiled by Brevet Major George 
W. Getty. U. S. A., late Major-General U. S. Volunteers, 
commanding Second Division, Sixth Army Corps ; Robert 
L. Orr, late Colonel 61st Pa. Volunteers ; George W. John- 
son, Chairman Executive Committee, late Lieutenant 119th 
Pa. Volunteers ; Hon. J. H. Tourgee, late Lieutenant 2d 
R. I. Volunteers ; J. ^I. Mills, Esq.. late Company I, 65th 
N. Y. Volunteers. 

The assemblage then sang in chorus the National Anthem, 
accompanied with music by the band. 

My Country 'tis of thee, 
Sweet land of Liberty, 

Of thee I sing ; 
Land where ray fathers died, 
Land of the pilgrims pride. 
From every mountain side 

Let Freedom ring. 

My native country, thee — 
Land of the noble free — 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed 'hills ; 
My heart with rapture thrills 

Like that above. 

Let music swell the breeze, 
And ring from all the trees 

Sweet Freedom's song ; 
Let mortal tongues awake, 
Let all that breathe partake; 
Let rocks their silence break, 

The sound prolong. 



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Oration. 

The oration by James W. Latta, President of the Asso- 
ciation, Ex-Atljutant General of Pennsylvania, late Brevet 
Lieutenant-Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-Cxeneral U. S. Volun- 
teers, 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, was then delivered 
as follows : 

Comrades and Friends : 

" A number of Sixth Corps soldiers, on a recent visit to 
the Virginia battle-fields, were astonished to find that the spot 
on which General Sedgwick fell, at Spottsylvania, is wholly 
without stone or tablet to designate it. Returnins; to Phila- 
delphia, they called a number of their associates together, and 
it was then determined that some proper and inexpensive me- 
morial-stone should be constructed, and at a very early day 
placed upon the ground that grand old hero made sacred by 
his fall." 

This was the language that introduced the project, which is 
to-day consummated. Those Avho brought the movement into 
being were fortunate to secure credit as discoverers. Theirs 
was the accident of opportunity. From the earliest concep- 
tion of the design, responses have been so generous, contribu- 
tions so free, and approval so universal, that all who survive 
of that body of American soldiery, which grew to enviable 
prominence under the name of the Sixth Army Corps, are 
otherwise as well entitled to be considered the projectors of this 
memorial tablet, we to-day dedicate, as are the battle-field 
tourists whose journeyings led them to this vicinity. 

AVidows and orphans of the patriot dead, the modest soldier, 
the faithful ofiicer, the distinguished General, men from Wis- 
consin to Pennsylvania, from the Penobscot to the Delaware, 
gallant men, once in arms against us, all united in free contribu- 
tion to, and in approving support of, the purpose to perpetuate 
with enduring stone the ground sacred with the life-blood of 
the heroic Sedgwick. 



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The genu of liberty was of Anglo-Saxon conception, its 
birth on Anglo-Suxon soil, and the full fruition of its splendid 
manhood reached, when the broad standard of American 
nationality gathered to its folds the oppressed of all the races. 

Bursting from a little protoplasm in " Merrie England," it 
shaped the British Parliament and made the villein and the 
vassal free. And over the stormy North Sea 3,000,000 dutch- 
men in the sand lots and dunes of the Netherlands, struggled 
for forty years for conscience sake, until tens of thousands, by 
murderous Alva's gory hands, had found their " inhospitable 
graves," and then they Avere a free and independent people. 
Nor did they stop at conscience sake ; they unloosed the com- 
merce of the Indies from the throttling grasp of Spain's 
universal monarchy, drove the boasted " King of the Ocean " 
from the main, and all the rich stores of drug, and spice, and 
my^'rh, and fabric of the isles and continents of the Eastern 
seas have since been freed to generous competition for all the 
traders of the earth. 

And a century and more rolled by, and then the Occident 
spoke in the thunder of its guns and the eloquence of its 
wrongs, and the old Independence bell rung its melodies, its 
tongue declared and its notes proclaimed "liberty throughout 
the land and to all the inhabitants thereof." 

And yet there was a dark spot left that made a very boasting 
of all this, proud assertion, a blight on all the ringing plati- 
tudes of liberty, a cloud on all the swelling, rounded perora- 
tions. The high sounding phrase, " All men are created 
equal," was shallow ; the boastful declaration of equal rights 
before the law a bold assumption, for as yet the freemen of 
the Avest conceded man's right to property in man. 

And so it came to our day and generation to test, in the 
bitterest of all the crucibles of all the wars, these chattel 
rights in manhood. 

New England's contribution to the great men of the nation 
has been by no means stinted. They have come to their sta- 



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tions equipped with high scholarly attainments, fixed resolves, 
pure principles, untarnished honor. They have left them with 
•credit to the land of their production and renown for them- 
selves. The country is as proud of the '' men of New Eng- 
land," whom it has come to know, as is New England herself 
of her many manly sons who have made her famous. 

Not so very long ago, eminent upon this roll of fame, there 
appeared the name of a favored son of Connecticut. He was 
a sturdy, doughty, honest country lad, and gave no promise 
that ere the half century should roll round, which was to be 
the number of his allotted years, he should be found enrolled 
among the distinguished military chieftains who helped to 
save a nation 

General Sedgwick's childhood days were doubtless stirred 
to infant military enthusiasm, when the soldiers of 1812, 
returning fi'om the fields of glorious war, were receiving the 
honors and ovations of their grateful neighbors. He w-as born 
at CornAvall, Litchfield county, Connecticut, on the 13th of 
September, 1813. He was of Puritan stock, and an ancestor 
had distinguished himself with Cromwell. The family name 
had graced the learned professions and been prominent in the 
councils of the State. John Sedgwick was to clothe it with 
historic honor to live through all the ages. 

John Sedgwick, appointed from Connecticut, was a cadet 
at the United States Military Academy at West Point, from 
July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837, when he Avas graduated twenty- 
four in a class of fifty, and promoted to the army as a second 
Lieutenant of the Second Artillery. 

His class produced a number who rose to distinction in both 
armies in the war of the rebellion, and one, Braxton Bragg, 
secured notable prominence in the war with Mexico. "A little 
more grape. Captain Bragg," Taylor's telling phrase at Buena 
Vista, lost in the happening of the every-day heroics in the 
late war, was before that time, to the youthful mind, the very 
embodiment of perfect heroism. 



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Of" tliis class of 1837, seventeen were dead when the war 
between the States commenced. From the thirty-three who 
survived, fifteen had loft the army, eighteen still remained with 
it. Of those who wore out of service, four never re-entered ; 
five joined in the rebellion against the United States ; five 
took service in the Union cause, and the history of one can- 
not be traced. From the eightoen in service when the war 
began, five went over to the enemy, thirteen stood fast to 
their colors. Of those, therefore, who graduated with Sedg- 
wick, eighteen were loyal ; ten were actively disloyal. 

Amonof those who remained Avitli or returned to their colors, 
twelve were made general officers, a number of whom rose to 
eminence — Hooker commanded the Army of the Potomac ; 
Sedgwick the Sixth and French the Third Corps ; Townsend 
was Adjutant-General of the Army of the United States ; 
Dyer, Chief of Ordnance ; Benham was high in rank in the 
Enorineers ; Thomas Williams commanded a Division and Avas 
killed in the desperate defence of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
in August, 1862. 

On thetother side, Braxton Bragg, Jubal Early, and John 
C. Pemberton, commanded armies. Their names are histori- 
cally familiar, and connect themselves with distinctive promi- 
nence with surrender at Vicksburg, rout at Missionar}^ Ridge, 
and annihilation at Cedar Creek ; Arnold Elzey commanded 
a Confederate corps. 

Of those of the class who died before the war, five were lost 
or killed in the line of duty ; Captain John W. Gunnison, of 
the Topographical Engineers, was massacred in Utah, by a 
band of Mormons and Parrantc Indians, Captain Geoi-ge 
Taylor, of the Third Artillery, his wife, four officers, and 
one hundred and eighty men of his regiment were washed 
overboard from the steamer " San Francisco," in a violent 
storm, oft' the Capes of the Delaware ; all save two perished. 
Captain William Armstrong was killed at Molino del Rey. 
Lieutenant Walter Sherwood in the Florida war, and Captain 



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Randolph Ridgeley fell at Monterey. The others Avhose 
names Avere also off the rolls by disease, judging from the 
locality where they met their death, and the season in which 
they died, fell victims to the deadly fevers of semi-tropical 
climes. 

There has been a popular conviction that West Point's con- 
tribution to the seceded States was grossly disproportionate 
to the number of loyal officers, who remained firm in their 
allegiance to the nation. The facts will not support such a 
conviction. Of the 1,232 graduates alive at the beginning 
of the war, 99 out of the army and 184 from it, joined the 
forces of the rebellion. The 99 from civil life were all 
from or residents in slave territory. The 350 graduates in 
the service appointed from the Southern States about equally 
divided themselves, the one half standing by the country to 
which they had sworn faith and fealty, and the other promptly 
drifting into Confederate commissions. 

Sedgwick's army life Avas almost continuously Avith troops. 
He appears to have enjoyed l)ut one detail' of what army 
officers are Avont to term "soft," or "velvety duty." That 
was a single year of recruiting service. Wherever disturb- 
ance threatened, or trouble Avas imminent, his name Avill be 
found j^mong those aaIio Avere hurried to quell the violence or 
suppress the disorder. 

Immediately upon his graduation he was ordered to Florida, 
where a Avar Avas then in progress against the Seminole Indians. 
His first engagement Avas a skirmish near Fort Clinch on 
the 20th of May, 1838. From Florida, in the same year, he 
AAent to the Cherokee Nation, to Avliich locality the Indians 
Avere then emigrating. Advanced to a First Lieutenancy (on 
the 19th of April, 1839), in the regiment to Avhich he had 
first been assigned, after his first short and only season of 
recruiting, he is found on duty on the northern frontier during 
the Canada Border disturbances. Then, until summoned to 
Mexico, garrison duty occupied his time, his battery being 



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statioiK'tl from tiiuc' to time during the years intervening be- 
tween 1839 and the breaking out of that war, at the various 
fortifications on Lake Ei-ie, in New York Harbor, at Newport, 
R. I., and Hampton Roads, Ya. 

Lieutenant Sedgwick, serving witli his battery, accompanied 
Scott's column to Mexico. He Avas engaored in the siege of 
A'^era Cruz, tlie battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, 
Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec, the skirmish of Amazoque, 
the capture of San Antonio, and the assault and capture of 
the City of Mexico. For gallant and meritorious conduct at 
Contreras and Churubusco he was brevetted Captain, and for 
like conduct at Chapultepec, Major. While many of his class- 
mates and companions sought or secured the comforts and con- 
A'eniences of a staff" appointment, Sedgwick was always to be 
found, during all of his field service in that war, discharging 
the severe and less engaging duties of an officer of the line. 

On the cessation of hostilities Lieutenant Sedgwick returned 
to the performance of similar duties to those in which he was 
engaged when the w^ar began, notably at Fort Columbus, N. Y\. 
Fort Mcffenry, Md., and Fortress Monroe, Ya. 

On the 2(3th of January, 1849, he was made a Captain in 
the Second Artillery, and on the 8th of March, 1860, pro- 
moted to a Majority in the First Cavalry. 

The great contest Avith the slave power was gradually cul- 
minating to an open rupture. Mutterings from the Kansas 
border of shameful w-rongs and gross outi-ages were rapidly 
crystalizing public sentiment in the North, The open seizure 
of Kansas election polls by ruffians from the State of Mis- 
souri, the wilful prostitution of the ballot in the interest of the 
slaveholder, burning, murder, pillage, and outrage, the en- 
couragement of all these wrongs by the general Government, 
had already disrupted one of the great political parties of the 
country, and the people were concentrating in their majesty 
to right the evils. 

Major Sedgwick was early thrown into the midet of the 
difficulties and hostilities surrounding these warring factions. 



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Ordered to Fort Leavenworth in 1855, lie discluirgcd the 
delicate and responsible duties of his station discreetly, mani- 
festing, as he always did, the single purpose to fulfil his soldier 
obligations as only a soldier should. 

The great plains of Kansas and Colorado, now traversed 
hourly by speedy railway trains bearing passengers and traffic 
to the far-off Pacific, inhabited by a thrifty, prosperous 
people, were then the homes of hostile savages. The fiery 
Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Comanche forcibly resisted the progress 
of events, and with fire, tomahawk, and rifle, drove the 
venturesome pioneer from the fertile river bottoms of the Saline 
and Solomon. Crime, butcheries, warfare follow^ed, when the 
spirit of the red man Avas broken, and the enterprising Avhite 
settler was permitted to enjoy in peaceful plenty the fruits of 
his courageous toil. 

In all these hostilities Major Sedgwick actively participated. 
He was engao-ed in the action on Solomon's Fork, in Kansas ; 
again prominent in a skirmish near the Grand Saline, and 
finally commanded the expedition against the Kiow'as and 
Comanches, which resulted in their ultimate subjugation, 
until the great war again brought them actively to the front, 
stirred to hostilities by the influence of southern sympathizers. 

Sedgwick's service in the Indian campaign was interrupted 
by the Avithdrawal of most of the troops, engaged in other 
operations, for concentration for Albert Sidney Johnson's 
Utah expedition. The purpose of this tedious and laborious 
march was suspended before its destination was reached, and 
the troops Avintered in cheerless, illy constructed cantonments 
on the Pacific slope of the Rockies. 

Just previous to the war Major Sedgwick Avas in command 
of Fort Riley, then a Avell advanced outpost. 

In the fall of 1865 I Avas crossing the plains. The column 
halted at Fort Riley for a day. In the Adjutant's office Avere 
numerous orders, signed by order of Major John Sedgwick, L. 
L. Lomax, Adjutant. Fresh from the fields of Virginia, the 
previous close association of tAvo officers, one of Avhom had so 



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recently, as a Confederate cavalry commander of Division, 
been repeatedly roughly handled in the Shenandoah by the 
corps the other once commanded, seemed, as I then noted it 
to be, rather a strikino; contrast of disassociation. 

The breaking out of the Rebellion found Major Sedgwick 
in command of Fort Wise, Colorado Territory. He did not 
join the Army of the Potomac until August, 1861, having, in the 
mean time, March 16, 1861, been promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 
Second Cavalry, and on April 25, 1861, Colonel of the First 
Cavalry. Sedgwick is now drawing near to us; we are soon to 
know him well. 

For a time he was Acting Inspector-General of the Depart- 
ment of Washington ; then, up to February, 1862, in com- 
mand of a brigade in the defences; and from that date until 
the movement to the Virginia peninsula, commanding his 
Division, stationed near Poolsville, Md. 

The General had just assumed command of his Division. 
His face had scarce become familiar, when the troops, on a 
march back from Bolivar Heights toward the Potomac, were 
attracted by the manly form of an officer, unattended, standing 
by his horse, observing th'e column with some interest. There 
were no designations of rank about him readily observable, and 
the interest which he seemed to manifest in the moving column 
alone indicated that he apparently bore to them some official 
relation. It was, in fact, Sedgwick, who, as yet unknown, 
had taken this, probably his first opportunity, of framing an 
early judgment on the sort of stuif he had been sent to com- 
mand. 

As he stood there an incident happened which, while dis- 
closing his rank, was illustrative of a disposition not to 
develop a decided activity to interfere when an opportunity 
Avas at hand for l)etter supplies than the commissariat afforded. 
An officer, unduly excited, hatless and breathless, rushed wildly 
up the slope where Sedgwick was, all the wliile calling, "Gen- 
eral I General!" concludino; as he reached him with what, in 
his excitement, he had so far forgotten, that '• the troops over 



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yonder are tearing out a sutler!" — pointing in the direction 
where the operation was in progress. "Where?" said the 
General. "I don't see them" — turning to a point exactly 
opposite to the one indicated. "Not there ! not there !" said 
he, "but here! here!" — continuing to point still more em- 
phatically where he had at first. "Yes, yes," said Sedgwick ; 
I understand now; I must go and stop it." And Avith that he 
mounted, rode off, and disappeared in a direction farthest from 
the scene of the disturbance. 

At the same moment the marching soldiers leai*ned that the 
General thus addressed was Sedgwick, their new Division 
Commander. It was a fitting introduction for a popular wel- 
come, and, when after an instant the situation was fully com- 
prehended, shouts of laughter followed the much discomfited 
officer, who had volunteered to communicate intelligence, the 
knowledge of Avhich the General was evidently anxious to 
avoid. 

The General's action was much like that of the presiding 
officer, who, desirous of expediting business, was continually 
rapping down the member who would insist upon advising him 
of the absence of a quorum. 

General Sedgwick had been commissioned a Brigadier- 
General of United States Volunteers as early as August 
31, 1861, and in March, 1862, upon the organization of 
Sumner's Second Corps, his detached Division was assigned 
to it His promotion to a rank commensurate with his 
command followed with reasonable promptness, and on the 
4tli of July, 1862, he Avas commissioned a Major- General of 
Volunteers. He Avas engaged in the siege of Yorktown ; 
tasted deeply of the severities of Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, 
Savage Station, and Glendale, where he was wounded. He 
was on the retreat from the field of the Second Bull Run to 
Washington, and continued, with his Division, to Antietam. 
There, as read from the graphic pen of Palfrey, in his " Cam- 
paigns of Antietam and Fredericksburg," its severe fighting 
may entitle it to be compared in no stinted way with Cardi- 



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gan's work at Balaklava, or Beresford's stand at All)uera. 
Here, severely wounded. Sedgwick was forced for a time to 
withdraw from active service. It was his last day with his 
old Division. Returning to his duties, he was assigned first 
to the command of the Ninth Corps, and then permanently 
to the sixth which he retained until he fell. 

General SedgAvick's assignment to the command of the 
Sixth Army Corps dates from the 5th of February, 1863. 
He had come with that high reputation for fight made with 
his splendid Division of the Second. He had come with tiie 
memories of its proud advance alone, away beyond the 
Dunker Church, and there, as every rock, and stone, and tree, 
and fence corner bristled with the enemy on front and flanks, 
he had come with the recollection of how only its stubborn 
resistance, as it sought our lines again, saved it from annihila- 
tion. He had come with the remembrances, from Avhat it had 
learned from him, of how, at Fredericksburg, that gallant body 
advanced against those irresistible heights to the very limit of 
human endurance. It had not yet known how Sedgwick's 
early training should fit its heroic Philadelphians to beat back 
at Gettysburg Pickett's brave Virginians. 

Such was Avhat Sedgwick had already made when he came 
to us, and when he came he found no tyros for his teachings ; 
they, too, had tasted of like fiery experiences. 

Sedgwick was essentially a beloved commander. The aflfec- 
tion his other soldiers bore for him he soon imparted to those 
he came to join. It was not because he meant to do it : it was 
not because he had a purpose to secure affection : it was not 
because he designed to court a love or pander to a sentiment, 
for he was plain, brunt, straightforward, and never had design 
or purj)Ose in aught he did, save that wliat was done, must be 
well done. What love his soldiers had for him was their own 
spontaneous tribute to his open, manly nature, his native 
modesty, his quiet, soldierly dignity, to the conviction that he 
was ever awake to their needs and their comforts, that their 
reputations were at all times safe in the keeping of his splen- 



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did courage, and that witli him their lives Avouhl only be 
endangered when the result promised to be commensurate with 
the sacrifice. 

They did not parade this aftection by loud and frequent public 
demonstration. Their feelings were deeper, their regard surer, 
their love more lasting. Founded upon a fixed and solid basis, 
this regard and veneration was rather of the domestic sort, and 
the familiar appellation of " Uncle John," so honestly and 
earnestly applied, probably better describes the real sincere 
attachment for him than does any effort at elaboration. 

Sedgwick never used anything but moderate language to his 
men. He rarely addressed them in tones of severity, and was 
ever disposed to stimulate by persuasive appeal those who 
needed encouragement. 

A company of drafted men, good, solid, sturdy farmers, 
from Selinsgrove, Snyder county, all Pennsylvania Dutch- 
men, had been assigned as Company I, of the Forty-ninth 
Pennsylvania. They made most excellent soldiers. Their 
first Captain, Kephart, fell gallantly fighting in one of his 
first engagements. He was succeeded by his Lieutenant, 
Byers. Noticing a batch of stragglers on one occasion by the 
roadside, Sedgwick rode to them and firmly urged them for- 
ward. Addressing them, he said : 

" Come, come, my men, move along, join your command 
promptly. Where do you belong ?" 

One ventured, with broad Dutch accent, a most innocent 
and naive response : 

"Why," said he, " Cheneral, Ave belongs to Coompany I, 
of the Sixth Corps, Billy Byers' coompany, from Selinsgrove, 
Snyder county, Pennsylvania. You know Billy Byers, Chen- 
eral. Yes, you know Billy Byers." 

The General having but a limited, if any, acquaintance with 
Billy, particularly with such an indefinite company identifica- 
tion, and but a questionable knowledge of the locality named, 
not deeming it wise to venture a response, rode on, satisfied 
such men did not mean to- be long away. 



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Sedffwick's iiiilitarv household ^viis a model of i^enerous 
hospitality. His military family were upon terms of most 
cordial fellowship. Ilis associations with them were of the 
closest intimacy, while for him their esteem and regard was 
filial, deep, and abiding. They sought to anticipate liis 
every Avish ; no duty he required was arduous, no demands 
he asked, exacting. To one, a bright, smooth-faced handsome 
youth, a soldier of most distinguished record, the son of learned 
and fjvmous parentage, he Avas specially endeared. lie watched 
him with a parent's care, followed him through all his dangers 
with an affectionate anxiety, and seemed never satisfied w^hen 
the danger had passed or the toils were over, until he knew 
that he was safe. 

With all his liberal impulses. General Sedgwick was a 
man firm of purpose, stout of nerve, and strong of will. He 
was ceaseless in his activity, vigilant in his watchfulness, con- 
tinuing in his energy. His encouraging smile on the weary 
march was stimulating; the ""There's Sedgwick"' inspiriting; 
and "Here comes Uncle John," infectious of a joyous welcome 
to his ever generous presence. He sought no rest in the pres- 
ence of the enemy, until he had personally assured himself that 
he had secured the best position attainable, and entrusted it to 
the keeping of his most reliable lieutenants. Whether assault- 
ing or resisting, wherever the pressure was heaviest, or resist- 
ance the most formidable, Sedgwick's manly form could be 
always seen directing those who needed guidance, encourao-ins; 
tliose inclined to waver. Heedless of exposure himself, he 
had no charity for any attempted avoidance of the risks of 
battle, no leniency for the troublesome malingerer. Fully awake 
to the full measure of his OAvn responsibilities, he demanded 
from others a just discharge of theirs. Quick to perceive 
ability in others, sharp in his conceptions, he rarely failed in 
his estimates of character. Where it was allotted to him to 
choose, he was wise in choice, judicious in his selection. If 
others blundered and sent him those who did not size them- 
selves to his requirements, he soon found fitting opportunity 



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to fill their place Avitli stevner stuff'. It was this care, this 
thought, this courage, and this judgment that rounded up the 
Sixth Army Corps to the full standard of its excellence. 

Humphreys, in "The Virginia Campaigns of '64 and '65,' 
speaks but little of individuals, but when he does, he speaks 
concisely and decisively. This he says of Sedgwick : 

" He Avas highly esteemed, being a modest, courageous and 
honest-hearted man." 

From such a source there is a volume of encomium in these 
plain truths, and his soldiers can ask for their old commander 
no better, purer epitaph. 

The Sixth Army Corps organization Avas not perfected 
until May, 1862. It did not find its place in the army 
until some months after those of loAver number had already 
taken creditable and substantial shape; and for some time after 
its conception, it, Avith the Fifth, Avhich Avas of .contempora- 
neous organization with it, Avere not recognized as if organized 
with any design of permanency. 

•'In the first instance, the two ncAv corps Avere apologetically 
called 'Provisional Corps:' but all occasion for apology soon 
disappeared. After Gaines' Mills, Savage Station, Glendale, 
and Malvern, the ' provisional " character of these two gallant 
bodies of troops Avas forgotten, and they took their place 
high up on the roll of the noblest and bravest of the defenders 
of the Union, retaining their corps existence unbroken until 
the conclusion of peace, surviving every one of those earlier 
formed, except that Avhose history Ave are here Avriting, be- 
tween Avhich and one of the new organizations, the heroic, 
great-hearted Sixth, Avas to groAv up a brotherhood in arms, a 
spirit of mutual affection and confidence, largely, no doubt, 
the result, especially at the beginning of fortuitous circum- 
stances, but also as the soldiers of either corps Avere glad to 
believe, the proper effect in no small part of moral sympathy 
and similarity in character. Tried together on a score of fields, 
the Second and the Sixth Avere like brothers in fi^ht. Side 
by side they loved to meet the enemy ; neither had any fears 



of its Hank as long as the other Avas there ; or, if the fight 
liad lieen hjng and desperate, if straggling men l)egan to go 
back from the front witii significant fre(jiiency: if here and 
there a shattered regiment fell out, and a s(»inetliing like an 
actual Aveight kept forcing back the line step by step, while 
the shriller and louder yells of the foe told that they felt the 
inspiration of coming victory, then did the men of the Second 
Corps rejoice to hear the word passed along that the Sixth 
was coming up behind. Well they knew the stuff" out of Avhich 
its regiments were made ; well they knew the men who rode 
serene and strong at the head of its divisions and brigades. " 

With such eulogy from the facile pen of that eminent scholar, 
Francis A. Walker, who, in that excellent contribution to 
American literature, his " History of the Second Army 
Corps," alone of all the other Corps, selects the Sixth for 
exceptional commendation, I feel there should be no stint 
of period Avith one of its own members, who, with no such gift 
of vigorous speech, shall essay to tell of its valorous deeds. 

The Sixth Corps fell especially to the keeping of trained 
soldiers. Of its four distinguished chieftains, three noAV sur- 
viving in ripe and honored years, all were graduates of the 
United States Military Academy. Its Division commanders, 
also, with a single exception, bore to gallant practical use the 
graduating honors of that illustrious institution. And before 
the fateful casualties of war filled honored graves with the 
heroic dead, most of its Brigades were commanded by officers 
of like skillful training. 

The personnel of the Corps was typical of the sturdy 
North. It was essentially a body of American soldiery. Its 
sprinkling of w'orthy Germans, and witty Celts from the more 
populous centres, did not materially affect its inherent native 
composition ; and. anomalous as the term may sound, its Penn- 
sylvania Dutchmen were all Americans. The distinctive New 
Eno-land dialect minciled with the broad accent of the West- 
erner, and the Philadclphian, who had always prided himself 
on the purity of his tongue, soon learned he had provincialisms 
readily detected. 



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Maine was there, strong and stahvart as its rock-bound coast, 
notable for endurance, unprecedented for valor. The phalanx 
of stout Vermonters, ftimous in their uninterrupted State co- 
hesion, bore back to their native hills the honors and scars of 
battle, bright and lustrous Avith distinctive glory. And then 
came Massachusetts, without stain or break for one hundred 
and fifty of her colonial years, in her purest of Anglo-Saxon 
blood to leaven and garnish all that galaxy of soldier manhood 
her troops Avere to adorn Avith such a comely fitness. And 
Rhode Island, in her plantation days, a refuge from and rebuke 
to the exacting Puritan, aforetime rebellious, but long of un- 
questioned fealty, sent her splendid batteries and her stalwart 
infimtry as her heroic contribution to Potomac's brave battal- 
ion. And Connecticut, as if it Avere enough to lead Avith her 
trained and gifted Sedgwick, supplied but her single regiment 
of brave and valiant "heavies," itself a host of strength and 
valor. And then the Empire State, from the sterling patriots 
of its great metropolis, the lusty yeomanry of its teeming fertile 
valleys, the staid and Avorthy burghers of its thriving, pros- 
perous tOAvns, sAvelled the grand aggregation, strong of nerve, 
firm of purpose, resolute of Avill. And the Jerseymen, solid 
as a legion, proud of their State Brigade designation, chival- 
rous as their patriot sires, Avho bore so manfully the burdens 
of the " Continental Line," sent their cohesive quota to battle 
heroically from the beginning to the very end Avith the Corps 
Avhose banner they adored, and Avhose soldier fiime they held 
must be sacred and spotless as the Spartan's shield. And 
then folloAvs grand old Pennsylvania, of fervid loyalty and 
burning patriotism, responding from her mountain tops and 
her valleys, her cities and her hamlets, Avith brave men and 
true, nigh on to a full third of the Avhole Corps establishment. 
And even Maryland, though racked Avith treason, yet ansAvers 
Avith a single battalion of her loyal sons. And from broad 
Ohio's vales, three regiments of her patriot people conclude 
their lengthy, faithful service, Avith fame and honor, as soldiers 
of the Third Division Sixth Aj-my Corps. And last of all 



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f;ir-()lV Wisconsin. Avitli wwn rugged, sturdy, and liard a.s tlie 
iliant oaks of her viriiin forests, all of uiiHiiii-liiii<i: heroism 
and dauntless daring, first with Hancock, then with Kussell, and 
affain with Edwards, left nieniories of their deeds that shall 
make them famous beyond the days of their generation. 

This Avas the force scattered by Brigades and Divisions 
from Lewinsville to Alexandria, which was trained by its season 
of winter's discipline for the sterner realities that were to 
come to it as its soldier life grew in years and ripened in ex- 
perience. There it learned to know its chieftains ; there it 
left the drones and laggards, and there arose that mutual 
soldier dependence that tested afterwards everywhere from 
Yorktown to Appomattox, never failed of its original firm, 
self-reliant, steadfast purpose. The ready tact of the soldier 
teaches him early on whom of his fellows he may most rely in 
the trying moment of actual conflict. The quick percep- 
tion of intelligent manhood soon selects the staunch ones who 
shall best discharge the delicate and responsible duties of the 
outposts ; who will hold the skirmishers against odds, before 
Avhich the line of battle quivers ; who Avill first rally in the 
deadly breach ; who, prompt to dare, and resolute to do, will 
be heedless of peril, forgetful of exhaustion. All this and 
more had the men who passed that winter on the bleak hills of 
Fairfax come to know they could do ; and all this, and more, 
they most heroically did do, again and again, before the years 
were over and the days they had pledged to their country's ser- 
vice were numbered. 

Amid the blustering winds of March the camps were broken, 
and crowded transports loosed their moorings to bear the 
patriot army to struggle manfully with disease and battle in 
the swamps and forests of the ill-fated Peninsula. 

Lee's Mills and Yorktown were but preludes to the deadlier 
performances to follow. Hancock flashed his brilliant sabre 
at Williamsburg ; Fair Oaks shivered with its appalling casu- 
alties ; White Oak Swamp stood aghast at such tremendous 
gunnery ; Smith held the rear guard firm at Charles City 



Cross Roads ; Malvern Hill resisted Magruder's tempestuous 
onslaught ; and the first attempt on the Confederate Capital 
Avas a fruitless, futile effort. 

Hurried back to the defense of the Nation's archives, 
Franklin skirted the edges of the second Bull Run at Centre- 
ville ; threw his legions on Hooker's and Sumner's hard- 
pressed lines at Antietam ; and Lee's tactics on the Peninsula 
-svere turned against him with telling and disastrous effect on 
the fair fields of Maryland. 

Fredericksburg pitied the temerity that vainly attempted 
to storm her gun-capped heights, beat back resentfully the 
stubborn column of Pennsylvanians that had punctured the 
well-manned right, and, putting the Rappahannock behind it, 
the Army of the Potomac, still staunch and gallant as afore, 
gathered itself for another wrestle with wary foe. 

Burnside, sjjurred again to activity by the bickerings at his 
first inauspicious venture, allayed the fever of discontent by 
ocular proof that Virginia mud was a more impregnable bar- 
rier to the working of an army than the formidable field forti- 
fications of the enemy. Then the smoke curled from the 
cheery army fireplace, the rude pineries were turned to com- 
fortable cantonments, and, for the winter and early spring, the 
hills of Stafford teemed with a crowded, busy, bustling civili- 
zation. If the new forests yonder upon the thither side of the 
Rappahannock could communicate the tradition of their virgin 
ancestors, they might tell of how the many and frequent 
scenes of generous merriment broke the tedious monotony of 
that weary winter, until budding springtirrie brought with it 
the battle and the daisies. 

And then, ere the dawn had broken of that eventful April 
morning, the shots, intended to repel Russell's daring boat 
crossing, opened auspiciously Hooker's well-planned man- 
oeuvres, that Avere to close so disastrously in the sad fatalities 
of Chancellorsville. INIarye's Hill, almost impregnable, yielded 
to the impetuosity of Howe, Newton, and Burnham, and New 
Orleans' proud artillerists left an entire battery, the only guns 



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they ever lost, as tlio substantial trophies of that Sabbath 
i)i()rnin<^'s stormin<i;. Lee's detached divisions checked the 
stubborn Jirouks, and the dark shadows of the Salem Church 
fatalities lowei-ed o'er the laurels of the daylight victory. With 
the night the frowning battlements of Fredericksl)urg were ' 
their's again, and, cut oif from ford and road and river, the 
strong, firm, reliant old Sixth Army Corps was left alone to- 
battle with its adversaries. Considerate friends with the main 
army, viewing the situation as hopeless, were firmly convinced 
that the next intelligence of the corps' whereabout Avould be 
communicated through Confederate sources. 

But- they had not rated honest John Sedgwick up to the 
full measure of his high personal resources and his great 
soldierly capacity. 

With a force wholly inadequate to the necessities, companies 
were forced to the duty of regiments. Persistent attacks, with 
the enemy's exultant shouts distinctly audible, were again and 
again repulsed, until, as the twilight glinted into the evening's 
darkness, McCartney's guns tore open a pathAvay to the Ford, 
and with the shells chasing each other through the midnight 
gloom, the corps, with more than five thousand left behind, 
found itself once more upon the friendly side of the Rappa- 
hannock. 

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville were fruitless triumphs. 
Lee, flushed Avith his successes, forgetful of his vows of home 
defense alone, launched his columns upon a mission of invasion. 
The unsuspecting husbandmen of Maryland and Pennsylvania 
were startled in th'e very early summer time by the coming of 
a mighty host. The Mayors and Burgesses of their towns 
were commuting levied contributions in the boiuls and paper 
of their citizens. The archives of Pennsylvania's capital were 
gathered for removal ; her metropolis was stirred to fear ; and 
about her approaches threatening barricades stood formidable 
against the expected foe. 

Lee, luxuriant in this land of jdenty, had lost his adver- 
sary, when, fearful of his communications, he recalled his- 



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scattered battalions for better concentration to tbe vicinity of 
the quaint old shire town of Gettysburg. Thither, too. was the 
march of the Potomac Army trending. Ere each had fully 
reached the point of its intended destination, the momentous 
conflict burst around this quiet, peaceful village in all its wild 
and wicked fury. 

The Sixth was farthest from the scene of action. Rey- 
nolds had ftillen ; a crisis was at hand. A trusted staff 
officer bore to the ftiithful Sedgwick the urgent messajie deliv- 
•ered in the early eventide, that his Corps must be at Gettys- 
burg by the afternoon of the morrow. The staif officer had 
ridden down two horses on his fierce and furious journey, and 
lie ventured the suggestion, as he communicated his instruc- 
tions, that the distance to be accomplished in the time allotted 
Avas beyond the scope of human endurance, even to tried and 
hardened veterans. 

" Say to General Meade," said Sedgwick, " my Corps will 
be at Gettysburg at two o'clock to-morrow afternoon," and 
it was. 

Daylight found the column perplexed and floundering in a 
copse of timber; during the night it had made but little head- 
way, but with the dawn it soon lengthened itself for the momen- 
tous journey. The great red sun rose with fiery summer radi- 
ance. The sky was cloudless; the fierce July heat bore dow'n 
with furious vigor. The old Baltimore pike, its stones aglow 
•with dancing sunlight, threw back the melting rays with flam- 
ing rigor. 

The noonday heat was withering to exhaustion, but stiflbned 
and nerved to the demands of the occasion, the soldiers held 
scrupulously to their pace ; their zeal never slackened, their 
energy never flagged. 

More than usual quiet prevailed ; merriment, though, was 
not altogether wantino;. Loud and sonorous belched forth a 
stentorian voice : 

" Boys, its rough, but I tell vou its regular." 



There were occasional evidences of the approaclies to a bat- 
tlefield. The big hills about Gettysburg began to loom up ; 
there was little noise, indicating conflict ; it was a fateful still- 
ness. Soon wide-mouthed cannon roared sonorously, and mus- 
ketry behind the hills rattled resentfully. The march was 
completed, the task was done, and the Sixth Corps, prompt to 
the hour, was at the front, to fulfill the promise of its chieftain. 
Thirty-seven miles had been covered in seventeen hours, with- 
out an organized halt. For the strength of the column, an 
entire corps, with all its apppintments and most of its impedi- 
w,enta^ the march ranks peerless here, and has rarely, if ever, 
been surpassed in modern warfare abroad. 

The delicate duty of securing the two extreme flanks of the 
army, the left the cause of much anxiety, was allotted to the 
corps. Detached brigades were thrust in at critical points of 
impact. Cowan's guns Avorked heroically at a juncture of most 
imminent peril. And when the ebbing tide of rebellion rolled 
back, defeated, dejected, disappointed, the corps again united, 
led the advance until that once proud and valiant host had 
withdraAvn to still contend for the master}^ for two long eventful 
years, with yet as deadly a grip, upon their own chosen fields. 

The summer W'Ore away in unusual (juiet amid the bright and 
cheery surroundings of the cultivated lands of Fairfax. Then 
advancing to the Rapidan, Lee, prompted to a sense of the 
possibilities, turned the columns back again Avith rapid strides to 
compete in the mad and headlong race for the heights of 
Centreville. Checking him at Bristow, ^leade outstripped 
him in the race ; and once more disappointed, Lee retiring, 
consented to be quiet, if the promise could be mutual. 

Russell's brilliant charge and L'pton's handsome support, 
forced the enemy, for the first time entrenched on ground of 
his own selection, to ^neld to a first attack, and 1,500 prison- 
ers, four guns and seven battle- flags, were the trophies that 
followed the sudden, skillful, and brilliant assault, at the close 
of that bright November afternoon, upon the Confederate 
works at Rappahannock Station. 



89. 

The formidable entrenchments at Mine Run staggered even 
the intrepid Warren. It was Fredericksburg over again. The 
season was too far advanced to manoeuvre, and the army with- 
drawing to a more secure locality and convenient base, settled 
itself for the Avinter in comfortable cantonments about Stevens- 
burg and Brandy Station. 

There the master spirit came among us — the " Soldier of 
the Republic," — modestly bearing the accumulated laurels of 
Donelsan, Vicksburg, and Missionary Ridge, assumed the 
whole imperial sway. For the first time an intelligent, compre- 
hensive authority directed movements everywhere. The time 
had come for strengthening for higher possibilities — for greater 
concentration, with graver responsibilities. The destinies were 
to be committed to tried men and true, the solid, reliable Sedg- 
wick ; the ever-anxious, never-tiring Meade ; the skillful, 
thoughtful Warren ; the brilliant Hancock, the active, dashing 
Sheridan. Campaigns were organized to destroy armies. 
Pressure, attrition, fight, fight, fight, wherever there was an 
enemy to strike, were to worry, weary and wear out the foe. 

Forging its way over the Rapidan, the old Potomac army- 
plunged suddenly into the dense, impenetrable chapparal and 
underbrush of the Wilderness. For three days the musketry 
rolled, weird and deadly, in that wild, unpeopled forest. 
Shocking wounds, fatal casualties, frightful slaughter accumu- 
lated to startling proportions, and still the armies faced each 
other, firm, determined, unyielding ; once, as the shades of night 
were veiling everything in deeper darkness the right was 
crumbled, but the old Sixth, rallying to the heavy burden of 
its weio-htv trust, the shattered lines were soon restored to 
their primal integrity. 

While the battlefield was in the twirl this crumble brought 
about, Sedgwick's fate was near MacPherson's, and the memo- 
rable dispatch — '' I have re-established my line." John Sedg- 
wick — was as near losing its place among the laconic military 
phrases of history. 

The incident was illustrative of General Sedgwick's deter- 



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mination to always hold the very farthest front in his o^vn 
personal keepinir. 

The twilight had thickened in the dark and drearv woods to 
a sombre gloom. Trees, shadows, and men i-eadiiy passed the 
one for the other, nntil the voice disclosed the presence of the 
lattei'. An officer, whose judgment Sedgwick knew was sound, 
stood a few paces in front of his command, upon one of the 
few narrow^ roadways that tracked that ahnost pathless forest. 
The officer had a few moments before been out the road a little 
distance, when, his suspicions aroused by some apparently 
moving objects, he discreetly concluded to return. He had 
just done so wdien Sedgwick rode u\) at rapid gait, intent uj)on 
continuing in the same direction. The Captain stopped him, 
communicated what he believed to be the situation beyond, and 
for his pains was bade to pursue his investigations further, and 
satisfy himself conclusively whether it was indeed the enemy 
that before had stopped his progress, Sedgwick meanwhile 
awaiting his return. He did not tarry long. The Captain 
promptly undertook his mission. Loud, commanding voices 
soon disclosed that he had not previously mistaken stalking, 
flitting shadows for moving men, and the profane, rude, and 
violent "reetino-, with a demand for immediate surrender, 
coupled with the familiar homely expletive so expressive of 
Confederate contempt for a Yankee's maternity, revealed the 
presence of an angry foe. The summons was not obeyed ; the 
Captain's retreat was hasty, and Sedgwick, who had overheard 
something of what had been said, had concluded before his 
return tliat he had gone far enough. Another fifty yards, at 
the pace at which he rode, and Sedgwick would have had the 
fire of forty rifles, or been plunged headlong into a certain 
captivity. 

But, vestigia nulla reirorsum, there was to be no step back- 
wards, and in the gloom of the shadowy eventide Grant 
quietly stole aAvay to grapple again with his adversaiT on the 
deadly fields of Spottsylvania. And, alert and active, there he 
was in advance, stronglv entrenched and readv. The head of 



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the columns of the Fifth and Sixth Corps, that -were to move 
by Chancellorsville. Ahlrichs', Piney Branch Church, and 
Alsop's, promptly assailed in the vicinity of the latter, opened 
those ever memorable May days Avith woful, deadly carnage. 

The 9th dawned indicative of more than usual quiet. The 
bickerings of the skirmishers alone disturbed the scene, nor 
did heavy fighting seriously involve the lines during any part 
of the day. And -with all this quiet, a sentiment was abroad 
ominous of portending evil. In truth, a sad calamity was in 
reality in waiting. Before the morning hours were half con- 
sumed, right here on Alsops farm, near where the private 
way re-enters the main Brock or Goshen Church road, a 
Corps Commander, distinguished as any, most revered of all, 
not in the murderous fire of battalions, but by the equally as 
fatal shot of sharpshooter or picket, was doomed to die in- 
stantly. Sedgwick is dead. It spread in fitful, mournful 
murmurs among the battalions shifting hither and thither for 
place and position, and yet it Avas scarcely credible. Why, 
what has killed him ? Certainly, with all the terrible rattle, 
and roar, and boom we have heard of late, the few stray shots 
we hear yonder are not meant to kill one as great as he. Can 
it be that he wdio has ridden through all the hail of lead and 
iron from '61 till now; that he Avho survived the crumbled 
ranks that himself and grand old Sumner led over the corn- 
field, and by the church on Antietam's gory day, shall die by 
the single shot of a picket. Aye, it is even so. 

There Avas hushed, pathetic stillness ; a solemn, serious pause. 
Strong men stood aghast. Strong men, unmoved 'mid all this 
huge and aAvful slaughter ; strong men who stood by as yet 
another and another fell, to be forgotten on the instant. Avere 
stirred to deep and painful musings. And as each, in choking 
voice, breathed the sad and direful tale, he cautioned secrecy, 
that the startling story might not then, in the very midst of 
battle, stagger the faith of those Avho believed that without 
him there could be nought but failure. He had made the 
Sixth Corps Avhat it Avas. To him Avas due the generous fame. 



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the t'Xiiltcd re]iiitiiti()ii. tlie nol)k' iiainc it bore, and to liiiii 
alone. Had lie left it strong enough, and firm enough, and 
self-reliant enougli to bear it still, no matter who should be its 
leader? Was there any "great all-around" soldier anywhere 
able, fitted, ready to succeed him ? Was there any man in all 
the splendid galaxy of the Nation's heroes Avho could fill the 
place of honest Uncle John Sedgwick ? 

Thoughts like these, as the sad and sudden calamity found 
fuller realization, were voiced and whispered in doubtful, hesi- 
tating interrogation. 

The ambulance that a few moments before had passed to the 
front at such unusual pace, is here returning with slow and 
mournful gait, bearing the heavy burden of the Sixth Corps' 
woe. The moving columns instinctively halt and open, and 
all that is mortal of the beloved Sedgwick passes forever from 
the sight and presence of his stricken soldiers. 

The rush and whirl of events passed so rapidly that the one 
absorbed the other, and that of to-day was forgotten by the 
morrow. Combat after combat crowded the calendar. From 
then on to the end, the soldier's daily life was a life of battle, 
of danger, of anxiety, of peril. Glories attended his arms 
here ; disasters followed there. The laurel wreath of victory 
crowned his achievements ; an exacting public complained of 
his defeats. But amid all this huge historic bustle, all the 
perils, and all the dangers, all the glories, and all the woes, 
the name of Sedgwick was never forgotten, the fame of Sedg- 
wick w^as never lost. And when the Sixth Army Corps 
assembled for the last time about its bivouac fires, and 
answered finally to the last roll-call, it there and then, as 
its grateful tribute to the perpetuation of Sedgwick's name 
and Sedgwick's fame, resolved to place him in shapely, comely 
bronze, and in execution of that high resolve his handsome 
statue, complete and graceful, now adorns the parade-ground 
of his Alma Mater. And again, when nigh a quarter of a 
century since these bivouac fires ceased to burn, and that last 
roll call was answered to. gathered from almost cvorv State from 



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Avlience his soldiers came, prompted by the same spirit of ven- 
eration as of yore, they today revive the fame of Sedg- 
wick, and mark Avith modest stone and tablet the spot on which 
he fell. 

But Spottsylvania had scarce begun. Upton, with his gal- 
lant men, swept majestically over the entrenchments on the 
10th, and, to aid in Hancock's brilliant charge, Russell and 
Neill pushed manfully into the frightful slaughter of the 
"Bloody Angle ' and stayed there till the figlit was over; 
Wright, on whom the Sedgwick mantle had so worthily fallen, 
though painfully wounded, everywhere directing with his keen, 
soldierly skill. And after nine more days had been accounted 
for by charge and counter-charge, march and counter-march, 
Spottsylvania, apparently impervious to assault, was aban- 
doned, and the army, keenly sensitive to the weary burden of 
its frightful casualties, again essayed to encompass the right. 
Over the North Anna, at Jericho Mills, across the Pamunkey, 
with Hanover Town hard by, impenetrable lines resisted all 
assaults, quick perception anticipated every march, rapid 
movements checked all manoeuvres, until Cold Harbor, with its 
twelve days of siege and battle, with all its cruel, bloody pun- 
ishments, loosened the grip upon Richmond from the North, 
and the Army of the Potomac still strong, firm, reliant to the 
pale shimmer of a midnight moon bore away for the mighty 
James. 

Soon enough this time, but somebody blundered ; and Lee, 
w ith his thirty-five miles of bristling cannon, held that patient 
old Potomac Army, on whom a weary, anxious nation Avaited, 
to nine months of most exacting service in the trenches. 

But the Sixth Corps' destinies were to be cast, for a time at 
least, where it might for a season dominate affairs. Early's 
temerity tempted him again across the Potomac. He had 
almost impinged the lines to the north of the capital. A little 
sharp work with tiie big guns and little rifies, inspirited by 
the presence of the Chief Magistrate, the great men about 
him, and a bevy of goodly citizens, sent him back again to 



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nest away in hiding for a time, to fatten and streiifrtlien on 
the prolific hirders of A'iririnias great producing valley. But 
Early -would not down, and then great Sheridan came along. 
" Whirling him through Winchester" in September, crushing 
him at Cedar Creek in October, he forever rid the valley of 
the enemy, and by Christmas time the Corps that had clothed 
itself with imperishable fame in the Shenandoah was once 
more with its old companions to fight it out at Petersburg by 
April. 

With Hatcher's Run, Dabney's Mills, affairs w'ith the pick- 
ets, much gunnery, Hartranft's famous morning at Steadman, 
the siese wore on until Wrio-ht's seizure of the entrenched 
outer works at Fisher alone made Petersburg's fall possible. 

Tearing away the abattis, charging great battlements, sweep- 
ijig over forts and ramparts, contending till the daylight waned 
against murderous resistance from intricate interior works, 
and bold, defiant Petersburg, that for nine months of siege 
and Ijlockade had resisted all assault, outwitted all flanking, 
circumvented all surprises, was suppliant at the cannon's mouth. 

Each army raced the .other for Amelia Court House. Grant 
took the lead, kept it. and won. 

Sheridan had urgently demanded " Old Sedgwick's foot 
cavalry."' Too distant to reach him, fortune had reserved 
for it an exploit of arms that should close its grand achieve- 
ments in fitting battle splendor. Shoulder deep it breasted 
^' Sailoi-s Creek," and Ewell, after stubborn fight, with all his 
seasoned soldiers, with all the flower of Richmond's youthful 
gentry, were prisoners in the firm clutch of the Sixth Corps' 
solid grip in the mellow radiance of that soft Virginia April 
evening. 

That was all ; the rest was mere formality. There " grim- 
visaged war" had "smoothed her wrinkled front," and in the 
fertile vales of Appomattox brave men met brave men with 
fair and generous terms of honora])le capitulation. 

But Sedgwick's blood was not enough ; Russell, of tenacious 
heroism, enduring courage, unceasing vigilance, and Avisest 



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judgment must die. On Winchester's glorious day, turning to 
his faithful Adjutant, how heroically he said at the very mo- 
ment of the deadly contact, " Come, Dalton, bring the flag ; 
some one must do something, or they can't stand it much 
longer." And this was the last he ever said, as with color, stafi", 
and orderly he rode majestically to where the lines impinged, 
to fall, his loss scarcely to be computed, pierced with deadly 
bullet and torn by heartless shell. 

And Burnham, Bidwell, and Taylor, Stone, Tyler, and 
Barney, Dwight, Hatch, and Holt, Rippey, Spear, and 
Crosby, Gosline, Town, and Carroll, Kellogg, Hulings, and 
Truefitt, and so on and on it went in ever increasing 
numbers, until well nigh four hundred thousand patriot 
dead had answered the fatal summons. Yet great as was 
the sacrifice, it had saved a nation ; a nation worth the 
saving, strong as adamant, substantial as the earth itself, en- 
during as the ages. And a generation had saved it, imbued 
with the same spirit of liberty, the same determination of right, 
the same willingness of patriotic sacrifice, as those who made 
■it; of whom and those who built on their foundation, that 
learned Political Historian, Von Hoist, has said, " No people of 
ancient or modern times has shown a greater genius in found- 
ing a State." 

A genius to organize armies and fight them ; a genius to 
build ships to sail and ships to fight ; to sail the one and 
fight the other. A genius to construct guns and use them. 
A genius to make the American sailor famous every Avhere, 
and the American soldier respected by all the nations. A 
genius to advance civilization with grander, more substan- 
tial, rapid strides than have ever before all the peoples of the 
earth combined. A genius to sufter, endure and toil, that 
the wilderness may be a garden, the forest a farm, the bar- 
ren rocks storehouses of untold wealth. A genius to separ- 
ate the pulpit from the State, and sustain a worship free 
to each man's conscience. A genius to maintain the schools, 
that they be the bulwark of a boasted freedom. A genius 



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to elevate tlie "• l)ieu4l Avinners" to tlie level of the best of 
men. A j^enius to detennine the law and enforce it. A 
genius to be lavish with treasure and prolific with lives, 
that '' the flag might l)e maintained unsullied." and the lib- 
erties be preserved throughout the land. A genius to create 
a sovereign nation of free and interdependent States. A ge- 
nius to harmonize a warring country, racked by wicked, 
bloody feuds, into a prosperous, thriving, law-abiding people. 
A genius that commits to a common destiny the proud heri- 
tage of American valor, born of a strife, which subdued, 
but did not subjugate ; Avhich conquered, but made no conquests ; 
which vanquished, but did not overcome : as inspiration to 
the comino; ajjes that the Anojlo-Saxon is invincible aaainst 
all the races save his own. 

But, may it be the judgment of the mighty Providence, in 
the abundance of His infinite Avisdom, and the majesty of His 
inscrutable justice to irrevocably decree that wars shall be no 
more. 

Address bi/ General Stryher. 

Brevet Major-General W. S. Stryker, Adjutant General 
of New Jersey, then made the following remarks : 

I regret very much. Veterans of the Sixth Corps, that his 
Excellency, Governor Green of my State, is not here in person 
to respond, as he so eloquently could, to your call on New Jer- 
sey. Pressing official duties keep him in Trenton, and he has 
directed me and I am here in some measure to represent his 
interest and that of the State in all that relates to the Memo- 
rial of the gallant Sedgwick and the magnificent body of 
fightino; men which he commanded. 

In the First Brigade and First Division of the Sixth 
Corps, New Jersey had her First, Second, Third, Fourth, 
Tenth, and Fifteenth Regiments, and her Fourteenth Kegiment 
was in the First Brigade of the Third Division. 

When the Sixth Corps, on May 5, Avas struck by Ewell's 
column, the Jersey troops in the first line did their share of 



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the fighting and took their sliare of the losses. The next dav 
when an attempt was made to turn the right flank of Sedgwick 
and the Louisana Regiments charged through the woods, the 
Jersey Brigade acted with heroic gallantry. Just before dusk, 
when General Gordon made his attack on the right wing, the 
Jersey loss was heavy, and they left among the mortally 
wounded our good friend Colonel Harry Ryerson of our Tenth 
Regiment. 

The Jersey troops were with the First and Third Divisions 
on May 10 when they crossed a branch of the Ny, and when 
they made that headlong charge right into the enemy's works 
and captured the thousand men. Our Jersey Brigade was 
with the Sixth Corps when the attack was made again on 
Ewell at the salient angle, where for many hours the battle 
raged over the intrenchments, as Pollard says in " The Lost 
Cause," "the intense fury, heroism and horror of Avhich it is 
impossible to describe." The best blood of our little State 
was poured out that day at the bloody angle, and the Brigade 
came from the conflict shattered in its every organization. 
One regiment lost in this charge 168 men, bringing back to 
camp that night but 101 men. But on May 14 the Brigade 
marched again into battle and fought a good fight, leaving our 
gallant German citizen, Wiebecke, who had distinguished 
himself so greatly at Gettysburg, among the dead upon the 
field. 

Listen, if you will, to the casualty list of the old Brigade 
on this bloody field : 

First Regiment lost 229 men. 

Second Regiment lost 93 men. 

Third Regiment lost 156 men. 

Fourth Regiment lost 194 men. 

Tenth Regiment lost 146 men. 

Fourteenth Regiment lost 61 men. 

Fifteenth Regiment lost 227 men. 
In this case at least these ghastly figures tell a true tale of 
suffering and of death, of courage and of patriotism, of stern 
duty performed, of lives devoted, and of death accepted. 



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And in the good conduct of these Jersey Regiments there 
need be no reason for surprise. Had tliey not been disciplined? 
Had they not fou;i;lit under the inspiration of a most galhmt 
soldier? Through the powder smoke tlie grim veterans of the 
Jersey Brigade as they sighted along their rifle Ijarrels at 
Spottsylvania could see the s})ectre of their old connuander 
with empty sleeve flapping in the wind, with his sword waving 
aloft, Avith bridle-reins in his teeth, and his bright eye Avith its 
old time lustre. The one-armed hero of the Rebellion, Gen- 
eral Phil. Kearney, implanted his spirit in the heart of every 
Jerseyman in the Sixth Corps. Every man could appreciate 
Robert Browning's beautiful verses to " The Lost Leader." 

" We that hud loved him so, followed him, honor'd him, 
Lived in his piercing, magnificent eye, 
Learned his great language, caught his clear accents, 
Made him our pattern to live and to die." 

George H. Boker wrote a beautiful dirge on Kearney, one 
verse of which is : 

■' Close his eyes, his work is done, 

What t) him is friend or foeman, 
Rise of moon or set of sun, 

Hand of man or kiss of woman ? 
Lay him low, lay him low, 
In the clover or the snow, 
What cares he? He cannot know ; 
Lay him l<nv." 

This dirge is truly poetic ; but his work was not done, for 
through the long weary days and months and years after 
Kearney w^as laid low in the clover, his daring spirit, his bold 
heart, his enthusiastic valor, his gallant form, remained in 
memory to urge to noble deeds the force which he loved to 
lead to battle and to victory. 

Gallant survivors of this old Army Corps, I bring you the 
greetings of the Governor and of the people of my State, and 
I trust you may long live to tell over and over again the story 
of your bloody struggle in the Wilderness and Spottsylvania 
to secure the perpetuity of the Union of the States. 



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Address by Hon. JD. C. Hirdsall. 

Colonel D. C. Birdsall, of Hartford, Conn., and late of the 
Second Corps, was then called upon, and spoke as follows : 

Mr. President and Comrades : — We have assembled 
to-day on this place hallowed to the memory of every veteran 
of the Sixth Corps, as the spot where their loved commander^ 
Major-General John Sedgv;ick, cheerfully laid down his life 
that his country might live, that its Constitution might be 
perpetuated for all time, and its starry banner wave in tri- 
umph throughout every land, to the most remote generations. 
We have met together, not so much on a mission of duty as a 
mission of love, to dedicate a granite tablet, erected to the 
memory of your loved commander, on the identical spot 
where he fell ; though it is near a country village, remote from 
all lines of public travel, long years after we have all respon- 
ded to the final "roll-call," our descendants will make their 
pilgrimages to this spot, gaze upon that tablet, and say : 

'' Here is where our forefathers fought for our country and 
its flag. Hei'e is where the man whom they loved to call 
' Uncle John' — who had few peers and no superior as a Gen- 
eral in their army — fell ; and this tablet, erected by them, 
will commemorate his memory for all time." 

Your President has introduced me as the only representa- 
tive here from Connecticut, where General Sedgwick Avas 
born, and where his remains are entombed in a quiet church- 
yard at Cornwall Hollow. As the oldest acquaintance of his 
here to-day, and as the one mainly instrumental in raising in 
that State, by single dollar subscriptions $500, one-fourth of 
the cost of this memorial tablet, in response to these subjects 
I must speak. 

None regret more than I do that my State is so poorly rep- 
resented. I assure you, from the lips of Governor Lounsbury, 
also a veteran of the old army — that his absence is as great a 
disappointment to him as it is to any of us. The prolonged 
session of our General Assembly requiring his presence at the 
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Capitol every day until its close, is the reason why he and 
Colonel Hoyt — the Speaker of our General Assembly — are 
not with you to-day, to respond, in l^'half of" Connecticut, more 
appropriately and more eloquently tlian I can : their forced 
absence causes that <Uity to devolve upon me to perform as 
best I may. 

It was my pleasure to first form General SedgAvick's 
ac(iuaintance in March, 1847, after our army, under Gen- 
eral Scott, had landed in Vera Cruz. Lieutenant Sedgwick 
was in General Worth's command. He had been at 
West Point with Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan of the artillery, 
with whom I went to Mexico. Their intimacy at West 
Point was renewed on INIexican soil, and Sedgwick was 
a frequent visitor at our tpiarters. I was then but a boy in 
search of adventure. They were men doing their duty to 
the country that had educated them. For bravery at Cerro 
Gordo, if my memory serves me correctly, the Lieutenant 
was breveted a Captain. On the evening of that bloody 18th 
of April, I chanced to receive a sabre wound, at first thought 
to be fatal. On the following day he came to our quarters 
and inquired of Colonel Duncan if his boy was alive. I spoke 
to him from my cot and he came in, placed his hand on my 
forehead, examined my wound, and greeted me with the ten- 
derness of a woman, and cheei'ed me with words of praise for 
my conduct which I shall never forget. 

From there through the sieges and battles of Amozoque, 
San Antonio, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and 
the City of Mexico, which fell into our hands September 14, 
I frequently saw the brave Captain Avho had been brevetted 
to the rank of Major, but never met him that I did not receive 
a pleasant word and kindly greeting, which was a source of 
great gratification to " Colonel Duncan's boy." I then and 
there learned to love Captain SedgAvick better than any man 
in the army except Colonel Duncan. I will not detain you 
with incidents of that campaign further than to say that once 
in a conversation between General Worth and Colonel Dun- 
can, which I heard, the Colonel said : 



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^' SedgAvick is the coolest man under fire I ever saw." 

The General replied : 

" He has been one of my ablest supports in tliis campaign; 
if he lives, he will one day command the United States 
Army." 

Another incident of his braver}^ in Mexico was told me ))v 
Adjutant-General Camp, of our State, formerly of the army, 
when he subscribed to this fund. General Camp was a close 
friend of General Mansfield, of the engineer's corps — also 
from Connecticut — who fell at Antietam, at the head of his 
Division, who, after saying to General Camp that General 
Sedgwick was the bravest man he ever knew, narrated the fol- 
lowing incident : 

" In forcing our way from Chapultepec I was engaged in 
demolishing buildings to form a passage for our troops ; Sedg- 
wick came with orders from Worth to move them around by 
the street. I replied that none could live in the face of the 
batteries that swept that street. Sedgwick coolly rode to the 
centre of the street, amid the hail of shot and shell, raised his 
glass and viewed the batteries ; returning, said : 

" ' You are correct. Colonel; go on your own way,' " 

When Major Mills sent me the proceedings of your com- 
mittee — on April 1st — I promised to raise one-fourth of the 
cost of the monument by dollar subscriptions in Connecticut 
before the day of its dedication. I started the subscription in 
the Hartford Telegram^ on April 2, with four names, headed 
by Dr. Peltier. The work was greater than I at first antici- 
pated, but it has its pleasant, as well as unpleasant memories. 
Of the former only will I speak now. To Governor Louns- 
bury and Speaker Hoyt, of our House of Representatives, I 
am greatly indebted for my success ; every State ofiicer, every 
Senator, every State Judge — but one — and a large majority 
of the House of Representatives, cheerfully contributed to 
the fund ; although sickness came upon me and stopped my 
personal efforts, the good work went on, until May 5, one week 
before the promised time — five hundred contrilmtors had ap- 



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pended their names to the Telegram roll of honor ; the last of 
them being that of F. G. Grogan, the only person now en- 
gaged upon the Telegram who commenced his employment 
with its first issue. 

Chief Justice Park contributed by letter, Judges Carpenter, 
Pardee, Loomis, and Beardsley, of our Supreme Court of 
Errors, all called at the Telegram office, and handed in their 
contributions, the latter seeing me, expi-essed a wish to con- 
tribute more, and did so by adding the names of his grand- 
children to the list. 

Oiie other pleasant reminiscence must complete this list. 
Colonel H. W. R. Hoyt, whom I have before referred to,, 
called on me one morning, saying that his children had be- 
come interested in "Uncle John Sedgwick" from seeing hi& 
monument in the Telegram^ and asked if they could not help 
pay for it ? On telling them they could, they brought out 
their little hoards, each taking a dollar from it and sending 
it to me, which he handed me in their little savings, and the 
names of Bessie, Nannie and Turner Wait Hoyt Avent on the 
Telegram list of contributors, and each of these dear little ones 
are now proud in having a receipt for a dollar contibutions to 
the Sedgwick memorial fund, with "Uncle Jolm's" picture on 
it. This is a proof that patriotism, as well as other virtues, 
are inherited. 

Comrades — The ranks of those who survived the great 
struggle have been sadly thinned since the dove of peace rested 
on our land; by the grim hand of time, the most of them have 
crossed the "dark river," and joined the great majority "on 
the other side." Among them are included the names of the 
"great Captains," Grant, Hancock, Meade, Thomas, McPher- 
son, Burnside, Garfield, Logan and Mower. Comparatively 
few of us are here to-day. Those I see around me are mostly, 
like myself, past the meridian of life. Every day thins our 
ranks. We shall never all meet again on these battle-fields. 
Many of us — I feel that I am among the number — now look 
upon them for the last time. While we have the consciousness- 



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of having done our duty in those trying times of our nation's 
peril, and are doing it now in commemorating the memory of 
your loved commander, let us all try, in our private capacities, 
to so emulate his virtues that we may be prepared to meet 
him in the blissful abode of the just, when we are summoned 
by the " final roll-call." 

Prayer and Benediction. 

The following Prayer and Benediction by Rev. John W. 
Sayres, Chaplain Dep. of Pa. G. A, R., was then delivered: 

Almighty God, our Father, we would, in all our way, ac- 
knowledge Thee, and ask that Thou would direct our paths ; 
may Thy blessing rest upon us and upon the services of this 
day ; and as we are about to separate, never all to meet on 
this spot again, follow us with Thy blessing ; bless, we pray 
Thee, this .memorial stone. Protect it ; let it endure to the 
latest generation ; may its influence be for the education of 
the citizen, for the honor of our civil life, and the glory of the 
whole nation, and the blessing of humanity. And when we 
have fought our last battle, and are lulled to sleep by the 
tattoo of death, ma}^ we be permitted to join head of column 
on the other side of the river, take part in the final review, 
and hear Thee say, well done good and faithful servant, and 
to Thy name shall be the praise Father, Son, and Spirit, 
Amen. 

The ceremonies concluded with the decoration of the monu- 
ment with the wreaths presented by the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery. Military Order of the. Loyal Legion of the Ignited 
States, and the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of 
Pennsylvania, in the usual form, with the dirge accompaniment 
pursued by the Grand Arm3\ 

Over the Battle Field. 

The identification of localities on the "gory track from the 
Rapidan to the James" is by no means easv, aside from the 



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obliterations incident to the lapse of time. The routes by which 
the Virginia battle fielils are now approached are usually by 
roads which, in the war days, were controlled by the enemy. 
The Union Soldier, consequently, when he reaches the field, 
if he remains on the highways, is upon roads with which he is 
not at all familiar. Moving by the Brock road, he is almost 
continuously until he crosses them, inside the enemy's works. 
Until he does cross them, goes beyond, and returns, he does 
not begin to strike localities that resemble old acquaintances. 

During the afternoon parties drifted to points of interest 
specially prominent, as scenes of personal exploits or individual 
hard fighting, but by far the greater number congregated about 
the McCool House, Landrum's farm, and the Bloody Angle. 
A number, principally the Vermonters, strolled as far through 
the thick timber as the scene of Upton's famous charge on 
the 10th. All had ample time to satisfy the bent of their 
inclination, and by sundown were back again to Fredericksburg. 

The evening passed with nothing of moment transpiring. 
The citizens again crowded the Court House, attracted by the 
announcement of the camp fire^ to be conducted under the 
auspices of the ex-confederate soldiery. The absence of so 
many of them to attend the Baltimore Masonic demonstration 
necessitated its abandonment. Comrades AVray and Kay, 
however, happily entertained the audience for a few moments, 
and then dismissed it ; their anticipations not altogether 
disappointed. 

The Retuvn. 

The special excursion train moved oft" promptly at eight 
o'clock on the morning of the 13th ; the number of excursionists 
not sensibly depleted by those who had preceded it or remained 
behind for further explorations. 



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Arriving at Washington at ten, the balance of the day, 
until 4 o'clock, was profitably spent in visiting a few of the 
many prominent attractions the little time at hand afforded. 

Reception bf/ the f resident. 

At a little after one o'clock almost the entire delegation, 
scarce any one was absent, assembled in the east room of the 
White House; the President had designated 1.30 P. M. as 
the hour he Avould receive the association. It covered, in two 
ranks ranged on three sides, at least two-thirds of the entire 
east room. 

At the hour named the President promptly appeared, and, 
after exchanging civilities with those of the general public, who 
were in waiting, he then devoted his attention to the veterans. 

General Latta, in presenting the Association, said : 

Mr. President — I beg leave to present a body of the sur- 
vivors of the Sixth Army Corps, organized as the Sedgwick 
Memorial Association. There are here representatives from 
every State from which the soldiers of that famous Corps 
came. Some of them have been Governors of their States, 
many have filled important public trusts, all are good, worthy 
citizens. They are returning from a pilgrimage to the spot 
on which their beloved commander fell in battle. That it may 
be preserved in patriotic memory, they have marked it with 
enduring stone ; and in commemoration of the occasion they 
ask you to accept this little badge and ribbon, specially pre- 
pared to perpetuate the remembrance of the dedication. They 
are prompted to present this token as a slight mark of the high 
appreciation in which they hold the very beautiful, generous 
sentiments you so fittingly expressed in your personal com- 
munication to them, responsive to their invitation to join in 
their recent ceremonies. 



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The President pleasingly responded, and gratefully ac- 
knowledged the recognition. General Wright tlien proceeded 
to present each member of the Association individually. 

This was the most suitable opportunity the soldiers had of 
personally greeting their old commander. Each as he passed 
shook the General's proffered hand most cordially. 

At four o'clock the train was again on its Avay to the North, 
and before eight had landed its passengers at the Broad 
Street Station, Philadelphia. 

Conciiialon. 

Thus ended a project worthily conceived, most generously 
supported, and promptly executed. As the initiative in sub- 
stantial identification upon the soil of the States lately in re- 
bellion of localities where distinguished patriots were killed in 
action, it may indicate the approach of emulative days among 
the survivors of the war to identify Avith enduring tablet 
others of the many like sacred spots that dot the land from 
the Mississippi to the seaboard. As the spontaneous expres- 
sion of a sentiment prompted by a love of and admiration for 
the memory of a revered and cherished chieftain, it may tend, 
before the soldier generation shall all pass away, to stimulate 
to action like slumbering sentiments for others of the heroic 
dead. And as all the occurrences in the stirring times of war 
are none of them without historic interest, it may be hoped 
that the event itself, the memories it revived, the incidents 
it preserves, the facts it establishes, may be in some degree a 
contribution to the history of the momentous period it in part 
commemorates. 



APPENDIX A. 



Executive Mansion, 

WasJiington, April 28, 1887. 
John Rodgers, 

Eecording Secretary. 

My Dear Sir : — I have to-day received an invitation,, on 
behalf of the Sedgwick Memorial Association, to attend, on 
the 12th of May next, the dedication of a monument, which 
shall mark the spot where Major- General John Sedgwick was 
killed. The patriotic sentiment and devotion which erect 
among the busy throngs of life imposing monuments in mem- 
ory of those who died in battle, supply proof of that love 
and appreciation of our soldier dead which is deeply interwoven 
as a part of our national life. 

But when the ground ismarked and set apart, where, in 
valorous fights, the blood was shed and the sacrifice of life 
was made Avhich preserved us a nation — a holy shrine is 
erected, where all who love their country may devoutly wor- 
ship. Elaborate shafts of marble fittingly remind us of our 
soldier dead and of their bravery and patriotism, but the 
touching service your Association contemplates, shall chasten 
all our thoughts of them, by pointing out on sacred ground 
the spot where blood was bravely shed and life was patrioti- 
cally offered up. 

With thanks to the Association for their remembrance of 
me at this time, and regretting that official duties will prevent 
my acceptance of the invitation tendered me, 
I am yours, very truly, 

GROVER CLEVELAND. 



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COMMONWEALTFI OF VlRtJIXIA, 

Governor's Office, 
Richmond, Va., April 6, 1887. 
Mr. John lloD(iERf^, 

Recording Secretary Sedgwick Memorial Association. 
My Dear Sir : — I have the honor to acknowledge the 
receipt of an invitation to attend the dedication of the monu- 
ment to mark the spot Avhere Major-General John Sedgwick 
was killed, near Spottsylvania Court-house, in 1864. 

Unless prevented by official duties, I will avail myself of 
this opportunity to testify my respect to the memory of such a 
brave, capable, and honorable soldier. 
I am with great respect, 

Your obedient servant, 

FITZHUGH LEE. 



Richmond, Va., May 11, 1887. 
To. R. B. Merchant, 

Editor of the Star, Fi'edericksburg, Va. 

Say to officer in charge Sedgwick Monument services, that 

official matters, of vital importance, will prevent my being 

present at the ceremonies to-morrow. Am sorry I cannot 

testify in this way my respect for a brave and capable soldier, 

and a man who had the greatest reverence, while I was in the 

U. S. Army, as well as afterwards, when I Avas in the army 

that opposed him, 

FITZHUGH LEE, 

Governor of Virginia. 



Annapolis, Md., April 23, 1887. 
John Rodgers, 

Recording Secretary Sedgwick Memorial Association. 
Dear Sir : — I have the honor to acknoAvledge receipt of 
your favor of April 15th, inviting me to paiticipate in the 



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fleclication of a monument to Major- Gen era! John Sedgwick, 
on the 12th of May. I regret that my engagements preclude 
the possibility of my attendance. 
Very truly yours, 

HENRY LLOYD, 

Governor. 



State of New Jersey, 

Executive Department, 

Trenton, ith, ^Sth, 1SS7. 
John Rodgbrs, Esq., 

Recording Secretary Sedgwick Memorial Association, 
Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your favor inviting me to 
attend the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the 
monument to the memory of Major-General John Sedgwick, at 
Spottsylvania, on the 12th of May next. I will do myself the 
honor to attend, if my public duties will permit, but have 
requested Adjutant-General Stryker to represent the State, in 
case I may not be able to be present. 

Very truly yours, 

ROB'T S. GREEN. 



State of Vermont, 
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, 

Burlington, April 30, 1887. 
Mr. John Rodgers, 

410 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
My Dear Sir : — By direction of His Excellency, Hon. 
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, Governor of the State of Vermont, I 
have the honor to say that he accepts the kind invitation of 
the Sedgwick ^Memorial Association of Philadelphia, to attend 
the dedication of a monument to mark the spot where Maj. 
Gen. John Sedgwick Avas killed in action at Spottsylvania 



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Court House, Va., Avhicli ^\\\\ t:iko pluce May 12, 1887. His 
Excelloncv also directs ine to say that lie proposes to have a 
portion of his Staft' join him, and that the party will number, 
in all, six or eight persons. Any information or instruction 
that you may be pleased to give me, I shall be glad to receive 
by early mail ; in fact, I would be glad to receive a copy 
of the circular letter originally sent out by the Society, that 
I may post myself in details. Believe me, Avith personal 
regards, 

Vey respectfully. 

Your obedient servant, 

T. S. PECK, 
Adft and Insp. Creneral. 



State of Ohio, 
Executive Department, 

Office of the Governor, 

Columbus Ai)ril 18, 1887. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

416 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dear Sir : I very greatly regret that my engagements are 
such as to make it impossible for me to attend, as otherwise it 
w^ould give me great pleasure to do, the dedicatory services of 
the monument to be erected on the 12th of May, to commem- 
orate the spot where Major-General Sedgwick was killed. 
Most heartily approving of your work, and wishing you a 
successful and enjoyable occasion, I remain. 

Very respectfully yours, 

J. B. FORAKER. 



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Commonwealth of Massachsetts, 
Executive Department. 

Boston, April 18, 1887. 
Mr. John Rodger s, 

416 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Penna. 

Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your courteous favor by 
which you invite me to be present on the twelfth of May next 
at Spottsj^lvania Court House, Ya., at the dedication of the 
monument to mark the spot Avhere Major General John 
Sedgwick was killed in action. 

Nothing would be more pleasing to me than to accept your 
invitation, but I regret to be obliged to say that I cannot do 
so, because of my official duties. There is every indication 
that the Legislature of this Commonwealth Avill still be in 
session at that time, and that alone Avould prevent my being 
so long away from the State as a visit to Virginia would 
require. 

Regretting that my decision must be what it is, and hoping 
that the event, with the heroic and sacred memories that it 
will revive, will be of the most successful and profitable 
character. 

I am, yours very respectfully, 

OLIVER AMES. 



State of New York. 
Executive Chamber. 

Albany, April 18, 1887. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Recording Secretary. 

Dear Sir : — I am desired by Governor Hill to acknowledge 
your letter of April 15, inviting him, on behalf of " The 
Sedgwick Memorial Association," to be present at the dedica- 
tion of the monument erected by it to General Sedgwick's 
memory, which is to take place on May 12 next. 



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The Governor greatly appreciates the invitation thus enten- 
ded, but regrets that his other engagements are such that he 
■will be unable to be present. 

I am, very respectfully yours. 

WILLIAM G. PRICE. 

Private Secretary. 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
Executive Chamber. 

Harrisburg, Ajjril 19, 18S7. 
Mr. John Rodders, 

416 Walnut street, Philadelphia, I'a. 

My Dear Sir : — Your letter of the fifteenth instant, 
inviting me to participate in the excursion and ceremonies 
attending the dedication of a monument to mark the spot 
where General John Sedgwick Avas killed, has been received. 
Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to join you on 
the occasion referred to. Coming as it will, hoAvever, at the 
close of our Legislative session, and taking two or three days 
in the middle of the week, when I am specially busy, it will 
be impossible for me to join you. I greatly regret this, as 1 
Avould especially enjoy an inspection of the ground from 
Fredericksburg to Spottsylvania Courthouse. 

With thanks for your kind invitation, I am, 
Very cordially yours, 

JAMES A. BEAVER. 



State of Connecticut. 

Executive Department. 

Hartford, May ^, 18S7. 
James W. Latta, 

President Association. 
My Dear Sir : — Your communication of the 21st, also one 
from Mr. Rodgers. dated April 15, duly received. 



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Governor Lounsbiiry directs me to extend to yoii and the 
Association his sincere thanks for the kind invitation to be 
present at the dedication of the Sedgwick Memorial, and say 
that he would anticipate with great pleasure the honor of 
uniting with you in the patriotic ceremony so justly deserved 
by this loved commander and brave soldier, but the adjourn- 
ment of the General Assembly on Wednesday next is so 
doubtful at this writing, that he cannot promise his presence 
in Spottsylvania on the day following. 

Sincerely yours, 

GEO. P. McLEAN. 

Ex. Sec. 



State of Maine, 

Executive Department, 

Augusta, May 9, 1887. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Secretary, etc., 416 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dear Sir : — I beg you to present my thanks to the Sedg- 
wick jNIemorial Association for their invitation, so courteously 
communicated by yourself, to participate in the ceremonies 
attending the dedication of the Sedgwick Memorial Tablet, at 
Spottsylvania, on the 12th of the present month. 

I have delayed writing until the present time, hoping that I 
might be able to arrange my business so as to avail myself of 
the opportunity^ of being present. I have just returned with 
the Maine Commissioners from Gettysburg, after an absence 
of seven days, and find that official duties will detain me here 
and deprive me of the great pleasure of being with you on so 
interesting an occasion. I am sure that the friends of liberty 
throughout the country will sustain you in your noble work. 
With considerations of the highest regard. I have the honor 
to be, 

Very respectfully yours, 

JOSEPH R. BODWELL, 

G-overnor. 



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Office of the Mayor. 

Philadelphia, April 2S, 1887. 

Mr. Edwin H. Fitler sincerely regrets that he is unable, 
owing to the press of official business, to accept the kind invi- 
tation of "The Sedgwick Memorial Association" to the dedi- 
cation of the monument to mark the spot where Major-General 
John Sedgwick was killed in action. 



Headquakters Army of the United States, 

Washington, I>. C, April 29, 1887. 
Mr. John Rodgers, 

Recording Secretary Sedgwick Memorial Association. 

Dear Sir: — The Eighteenth Reunion of the Society of the 
Army of the Cumberland, which will be held here on the 11th 
and 12th of May, will prevent my absence from Washington 
on the day of the dedication of your monument to General 
Sedgwick at Spottsylvania. The courtesy of your invitation, 
however, is fully appreciated. 

Yours truly, 

P. H. SHERIDAN, 

Lieutenant-General. 



Army Buildixc;, 

Neiv York, May 9, 1887. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Recording Seci'etary Sedgwick MoiiKn-ial Association. 
Dear Sir : — Upon my return to your city, I find an in- 
vitation from your hands, on behalf of the above Association, 
asking my presence at the unveiling of the Monument, erected 
to Major-General John Sedgwick, on Alsop's farm, near 
Spottsylvania Court-house, Va., on the 12th inst. 



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It is with great regret I find it impossible to be present 
on that memorable occasion, a positive engagement demand- 
ing my attention in Washington on that day. 

With assurances of my profound sympathy in your noble 
cause, I am, with great respect, 

Yours, very truly, 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Creneral. 



Springfield, Ohio, 

April 18, 1887. 
Maj. Jonathan T. Rorer, 

Hatborough, Pa. 

Dear Sir : — I have your favor of the 12th inst., kindly 
inviting me to attend the dedication of the Sedgwick monu- 
ment, to be erected upon the spot where he fell, at Spottsyl- 
vania, Va., on the 12th prox. 

It would be one of the great pleasures of my life to meet 
you and my other comrades of the Sixth Corps on that occa- 
sion, but on the same day I am expected to deliver an address 
in Washington city, at the unveiling of the statue to General 
Garfield ; so, you see, it will be quite impossible for me to be 
with you. 

I would like to go to the battlefield of Spottsylvania and 
visit the "dead angle," and there see what evidence remains 
of the death-struggle between the two contending armies ; and 
I would like still more to go with you and others over the 
bloody battlefield of the Wilderness and look over the ground 
where so many were killed and wounded, and where I, myself, 
received a most serious wound. This will be impossible now. 

Should you be in Washington city on the 11th or 12th, 
it would be very pleasant to have a call from you. Perhaps I 
can see you as you pass through the city on the 11th, as I 
expect to be there at that time. 

Yours, truly, 
5 J. WARREN KEIFER. 



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Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Pensions, 

Wasiiin(;ton, D. C, 

May fnh, 18S7. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

41t) Walnut Street, Philadelj)liia, Pa. 

Friend and Comrade : — I have this day received your 
kindly invitation of IMay 7th, inviting me to be present at the 
unveiling of the monument to Major-General John Sedgwick 
at the spot of his death. I regret that 1 shall not be able to 
comply with your invitation 

Monumental marking was unnecessary ; Sedgwick's fame 
is better secured by the affection of the men of his Corps, and 
his associates in war, than it can be in uncrumbling granite ; 
and history will preserve the record of a very gallant soldier 
and true gentleman. 

I lay this feeble tribute in the wreath that will be made for 
him upon the occasion of the dedication. 
Very truly yours, 

JOHN C. BLACK. 



County Clerk's Office, 

Hudson County, N. J., 

Jersey City^ A2?ril, 1887. 
To James W. Latta, 

436 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 

Dear Sir : — I received some time since a circular relating 
to the movement to erect a monument on the spot where Gen- 
eral Sedgwuck fell. I have reason to be greatly interested 
in the project, as I was present at the time, and an eye-witness 
to the Avhole transaction. 

It Avas on the ninth day of May, 1864, the 14th New Jersey 
Volunteers, in Avhich I was at the time a lieutenant, occupied 



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the breastworks at Spottsylvania ; there was no fighting on 
our part of the line at the time, and we were unmolested, ex- 
cepting by a sharpshooter, who had been amusing himself and 
annoying us by sending a bullet over the Avorks at intervals ; 
two at least of our men had l)een wounded by him, and General 
Morris, commanding our Brigade, had been wounded, doubt- 
less by the same fellow, who Avas so far away that we could 
not hear the report or even see the smoke of his riile, but 
judged, from the location of the country in his direction, that 
he must be in a tree. As I Avas sitting against the Avorks, 
dozing, I suddenly saAv General Sedgwick emerge from the 
woods, some twenty-five feet to our rear, and stand in open 
view, looking toAvard the enemy ; he Avas accompanied by 
one member of his staft' ; after he had been there a fcAv mo- 
ments, a bullet " zipped" in close proximity to him, and at 
the same time one of our men, Avho was changing his position 
from the left to the right, dropped on one knee at the Gen- 
eral's feet, and looking in his face, said : 

" General, you had better be careful ; there is a sharp- 
shooter over there, and he might hit you." 

The General looked doAvn at the man, and touching him 
Avith his foot, said : 

" You must not mind that fellow ; he couldn't hit an ele- 
phant from that distance." 

In a fcAV moments the General Avas hit, just under the left 
cheek-bone, and near the left side of the nose. I Avas looking 
at him at the time, and saAv and heard the bullet strike him. 
He fell flat on his back among the undergroAvth ; as he struck 
the ground, the blood spurted from the Avound at least a foot 
and a half, and saturat/ed the bushes. The staff" officer Avith him 
knelt at his side, and placed his handkerchief over the Avound. 
The General Avas picked up and carried through the Avoods to 
the rear. One of our men craAvled to the spot and came back 
Avith his hat, and another got his riding-Avhip : an orderly, 
came soon after and took both of these aAvay Avith him. As I 
was sitting looking at the spot Avhere he fell, I could see the 



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I)l()i)(I trickling from leaf to leaf through the brush where his 
head had laid to the ground. I crawled to the spot, and with 
mv knife cut down the bush, which was still wet with his life- 
blood, and going back to my former position, I let it dry in 
the sun, after which I cut out a crotch, about five inches long, 
in the shape of the letter Y. I smoothed both of the ends, 
cut a Sixth Corps cross through the bark on one prong, and 
whittling one side of the shank flat, cut the date into the wood 
— May 9 — this I still have on the mantel at home, and am 
daily reminded of the scene, and think of the cold-blooded 
manner in which our gallant commander was killed. 

I am trying to make arrangements to be present at the 
ceremonies on the twelfth of May. I have a great curiosity 
to see if I can recognize the spot. Wishing you success in 
your undertaking, and hoping to be present, 
I remain yours, respectfully, 

JOHN G. FISHER, 
Late Lieut, IJ^th N. J. Vols. 



Cornwall Hollow, Coxn., 

May J, 1SS7, 
To General James W. Latta, 

Philadelphia. 

Dear Sir: — Pardon me for not answering your letter of 
April 23d before, but absence from home and sickness has 
prevented my doing so. I have been quite ill, but am now 
better, and hope, if the weather is favorable, to be in Philadel- 
phia on Wednesday next, Avhen I Avill call on you. 

In relation to General Sedgwick's ancestry, we have a local 
history, which gives a full account of our family, and which 1 
will bring with me. 

The first pilgrim of the name of Sedgwick, was Major 
Robert Sedgivirk, who settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1637. 
He was a prominent man in the colony for nearly twenty 



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jears. When Cromwell came into power in England, he in- 
vited Major Sedgwick back, and gave him command of an ex- 
pedition to the island of Jamaica, where he died, in 1656, 
leaving three sons. William, the youngest, located in Hart- 
ford, Conn., where he married the daughter of Parson Stone. 
His only son, Samuel, located in West Hartford, where he 
raised a family of ten children ; the youngest, Benjamin, 
located in Cornwall Hollow, in 1748 ; and this place I now 
occupy, has been in the hands of my family ever since. 
Benjamin died in 1787, leaving six children, three sons and 
three daughters. John, the eldest, was the ancestor of the 
Cieneral. He was a remarkable man in many respects. He 
served in the Revolutionary War for seven years ; was Major 
in the 2d Connecticut Regiment, and afterwards w-as General 
of the Militia forces of the State. He is known in the family 
as the " Old G-eneral,'" and he was a man of strong natural 
force, who was prominent in political and local matters here 
for years. He died in 1820. 

The late General Sedgwick was born September 13, 1813. 
Tradition has it, that he was a favorite of the "Old General," 
who used to take him around with him a good deal. It is 
said that when the boy was asked his name, he would reply : 
" General John Sedgwick." 

Who know^s but that the influence of the old grandfather 
had much to do in influencing the after-life of his grandson ? 

The late General's father, Benjainin, was a farmer, and 
lived and died on this farm ; the two brothers of the " Old 
General" became prominent. Theodore, who located at 
Stockbridge, Mass., was Speaker of the first Congress under 
the Constitution, and is known as Judge Sedgwick, and " the 
friend of Washington." 

Pardon me for giving you so much family history. Could 
I see you, I could give you many anecdotes, etc., of the late 
General, but perhaps this will answer, as far as it goes. 
Truly yours, 

HARRY SEDGWICK. 



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Forest Glex, Md., April r>, 18S7. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Philadelphia. 
Dear Sir: — Your letter, witli enclosure, of the loth inst. 
is received. 

I esteem it a very distinguished honor to be associated, in 
any manner, with the memory of that gallant and able soldier, 
the late Major General John Sedgwick, and accept, with 
pleasure, the post of one of the Vice-Presidents of the Memo- 
rial Association, for which you inform me I have been recently 
selected. 

It affords me pleasure to add, that I will be present, if my 
health will permit, at the Dedicatory Ceremonies on the 12th 
proximo. I will join the members of the Association at 
Washington when they pass through that place en route to 
Fredericksburg, kc. 

Very respectfully and truly yours, 

G. W. GETTY, 
Brevet Major breneral U. S. A. 



Florence, Italy, 3Iay 6", 1S87. 
Mr. John Rodgers, 

436 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 
Dear Sir : — Your letter of April loth, informing me that 
I haVe been elected one of the Vice Presidents of " The Sedg- 
Avick Memorial Association," reached me this morning. Under 
more favorable circumstances it would have given me the 
greatest of pleasure to have accepted this courtesy, and to 
have been present at the ceremonies on May 9th. As it is, I 
can only express my regret that my absence from the United 
States renders acceptance impossible. Enclosed please find a 
check for a very modest amount, in furtherance of the object 
of the Association, and believe me 

Y^ours, very respectfully, 

TRUMAN SEYMOUR, 

U. S. yirmy. 



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Fort Niagaea, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1887. 

Gen'l Jas. W. Latta. 

My Old Friend : — I am, indeed, pleased to renew the 
friendship of the old, never to be forgotten, times, and espe- 
cially to respond with my whole soul to the call you make. 
It is our bounden duty to mark the spot where our beloved 
and gallant chieftain fell, and you and your confreres deserve 
credit for the move. 

I am President of my old First New Jersey Volunteer Asso- 
ciation, and I wish you Avould send me, say fifty, if you can 
spare them, of the circulars. I will send them to the leading 
men of the old Brigade, and will, at the same time, make an 
appeal to them through the press of the State, which I think 
will have the effect of increasing your exchequer. 

Trusting this will find you in the best of health, and in the 
midst of prosperity, and with kind remembrances to all 
Comrades, I remain 

Yours, sincerely, 

WM. H. PENROSE, 
Brevet Brigadier General U.-S. A. 



Boston, March 7, 1887. 
Gen. James W. Latta, 

4S4 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Penn. , 

My Dear General : — I have your letter of the 5th inst., 
enclosing circular of the Sedgwick Memorial at Spottsylvania, 
and I hand you herewith my check for $25. I have no means 
of knowing what the subscriptions have been, but should like 
to know how you are progressing in this very good object, in 
which I heartily sympathize. I should like exceedingly to 
be present at the dedication, but I am afraid that it will be 
impossible, as it is a very bad time of year for me to get away. 
Yours, very truly, 

CIIAS. A. WHITTIER. 

Very glad to hear from you. 



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Drifton, Pa., April IS, 1887. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Secretary Sedgwick Memorial Association. 

Dear Sir : — I have just received yoar letter with the cir- 
eular.s of the Sedgwick Memorial Association. This is the 
first notice I have had of the jn'oject, of which I heartily ap- 
prove, and I regret that I did not know of it sooner, so that I 
could have done anything in my power to assist. 

I enclose a check for ten dollars, and would like to be en- 
rolled as a member of the Association. Unless something un- 
forseen should prevent, I hope to be able to go to the dedication 
at Spottsylvania on IStay 1st, and have so written to Mr. 
Johnson, Chairman of Executive Committee. 
Yours, truly, , 

ARTHUR McCLELLAN. 



1203 N Street, N. W., AVashixgtox, 

Ap'il 15, 18S7. 
John Rodgers, Esq., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your letter informing me 
that the Association for the erection of a Monument to the 
memory of the gallant Commander of the Sixth Corps, Gen- 
eral John Sedgwick, had done me the honor to select me to 
preside at the ceremony of unveiling and dedicating the Monu- 
ment on the 12th May, prox. This honor I fully appreciate, 
and sliall serve with pleasure. 

Aery truly yours. 

H. G. WRIGHT. 



3Iay 30, lb'6'7. 
W. J. Wray, Esq., 

My Dear Sir : — I spent the evening of May 6, 1884, with 
General Grant, at his house, in Sixty-sixth street, New York. 
It was the day of the ftiilure of Grant & Ward, and an occa- 
sion when I felt that his friends ought to be at his side. To 
my surprise I found that he believed the suspension of his 
firm and of the Marine Bank were merely temporary embarrass- 
ments, and that all would be right in a few days. Our con- 
versation therefore drifted to old war times, and he told me 
how General Sedgwick was killed. He said that he and 
Meade rode out to the front of the Sixth Corps, where they 
met Sedgwick putting a battery in position, and asked him to 
accompany them. He excused himself, saying he was very 
busy at the moment, and Grant and Meade rode out towards 
the enemy's position, but were not fired at. After an absence 
of a few minutes they rode back and found that Sedgwick in 
the meantime had been killed, but Grant said it was always a 
mystery to him where the shot came from, as he and Meade, 
although much closer to the enemy's line, had not supposed 
themselves within range. Shortly after his return to Head- 
quarters General Dent also returned, and first learned of the 
death of the man to whom he had just delivered the message 
referred to in his letter. This accounts for Grant having the 
news before Dent. 

I had a Brigade at Army Headquarters at that time, near 
the Alsop House, camped in a pine grove. The body of the 
dead hero was sent to me by General Meade, and the boys 
laid it in state upon a temporary bier covered by an arbor of 
evergreens, and at the four corners of this resting place stood 
four soldiers of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers, with arms 
reversed, until the remains of poor '-Uncle John" were taken 
north. 

Respectfullv yours, 

CHARLES H. T. COLLIS. 
Colonel 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

Brevet Major General Volunteers. 



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Ex-Govcrnoi- Minor, Connecticut : 

Stamford, April ,9, 1887. 

My Dear Sir : — I am glad that there is one man in 
our State that will take the trouble, with his other cares, to 
raise a fund to erect a monument on the spot where her bravest 
and best General laid down his life for his country. I am only 
too glad to add my contribution to the Telegram fund. You 
have my sincere Avishes for your success in the generous under- 
taking. Yours, truly, 

WILLIAM T. MINOR. 
D. C. BiRDSALL, Esq. 



Ex-Governor Ingersoll, Connecticut : 

Neiv Haven, April 19, 1887. 
My Dear Sir : — I gladly contribute to the Sedgwick me- 
morial fund. "Without fear and without reproach," General 
Sedgwick was, whether in peace or war, an honor to Connec- 
ticut, and the popular eifort in which you are engaged, in 
commemoration of him, has my very warmest Avishes for its 
success. 

Y'^ours, truly, 

C. R. INGERSOLL. 
D. C. BiRDSALL, Esq., Hartford Telegram. 



Norfolk, Conn., April' 17, 1887. 

To THE Editor of the " Telegram :" 

Enclosed is one dollar, to contribute to the Sedgwick me- 
morial talilet, which I believe is all that you receive from 
any one person, but which seems very small to express 
my appreciation of this effort to honor and perpetuate the 
name and memory of one who not only deserved it from his 



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country, but who was especially worthy in his private life 
and character. 

I desive to thank you, not only for myself, but for my 
wife, who is a sister of General Sedgwick, for the deep in- 
terest you have taken in this noble work, with the influence 
of your paper, and the energy and well-directed efforts by 
which you have contributed to it. 

In haste, yours, with respect, 

WILLIAM W. WELCH. 



Hartford, Conn., June 8, 1887. 
Gen. James W. Latta, 

President, &c., Philadelphia, Penn. 

Dear General Latta : — I have received your letter of 
the 3d inst. 

I would have taken great satisfaction in being present at 
the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the Memorial 
Tablet to General Sedgwick. But, as I had already informed 
you, my health was not good enough to justify so long a trip 
at the time, and my business, too, interfered. 

But, by a mournful coincidence, my dear old friend and 
classmate, General H. F. Clarke, U. S. Army, who had been 
the Commissary Genei'al of the Army of the Potomac during 
its whole existence, died on May 10th. I attended his funeral 
as pall-bearer at Washington on the 12th of May, the very 
day that the Sedgwick Memorial was dedicated, so that I 
would have been prevented from attending the Dedication, 
whatever might have been my intention in the matter. 

No two men were more attached to each other than were 
Generals Sedgwick and Clarke. As Lieutenants they served 
in the same Artillery Battery, and their friendship existed 
until General Sedgwick's glorious, but untimely, death. 

It was surely a strange and touching coincidence that at the 
very time the Memorial Ceremonies were going on at the place 



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where General Sedgwick so nobly died, the last honors were 
paid to his life-lonji; friend and comrade. General H. F. Clarke. 
It is not often that friends are required on the same day to 
grieve over the loss of two such noble men and gallant soldiers. 
Those who knew them best mourned them most deeply, and I 
am glad, now that both are dead, to mingle their names in 
this poor attempt to show my appreciation and love for both 
of them. 

Ycvy truly yours. 

W. B. FRANKLIN. 



JVeiv York, June 29, 1SS7. 

My Dear General : — I send, as you request, a detailed 
narration of the circumstances attending the death of ^Nlajor- 
General John Sedgwick on the battlefield near Spottsylvania 
on the 0th of May, 1864. 

On the day previous the Sixth Army Corps had made a 
rapid march under orders to move to the support of Major- 
General Warren, of the Fifth Corps, who was then in front of 
the enemy's lines, near Spottsylvania Court House. We ar- 
rived there about five o'clock in the evening, and passed the 
rest of the day in getting into position on the left of the Fifth 
Corps. After nightfall General Sedgwick rode back into an 
open field near General Warren's headquarters, and, with his 
staff, laid down on the grass and slept until daylight. Shortly 
after daylight, without breakfast, he moved out upon his line 
of battle. We had no tents or breakfast during that night 
or mornino;. The General made some necessarv changes, and 
gave a few unimportant orders, and sat down Avith me upon a 
hard-tack box with his back restin<x ai^rainst one of the smaller 
trees, a little in the rear of where the monument now stands. 
The men, one hundred feet in front, Avere just finishing a 
line of rifle pits, which ran to the right of a section of artillery, 
which occupied a somewhat obtuse angle in our line. The 



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First New Jersey Brigade was in advance of this line of rifle 
pits, protecting the work while in progress against any attack 
from the other side. 

After this brigade had been withdrawn, by direction of the 
General, through a little opening left in the rifle pits for this 
purpose to the left of the pieces of artillery, the General, who 
had watched the operation, resumed his seat on the hard-tack 
box. I sat down beside him, and we were engaged in conver- 
sation. He seemed a little less cheerful than usual, and 
commenced talking about members of his staff in very compli- 
mentary terms. He was an inveterate tease, and I at once 
suspected that he had some joke on the staff which he was 
leading up to ; and when he said ''I think I have got the best 
staff in the Army of the Potomac," I, believing that this was 
part of the joke which he had in reserve, replied, with pre- 
tended seriousness, " General, I don't know about that, but I 
do know that you have the best chief of staff in the army." 
He laughed, and said in a manner so kindly as to remove all 
doubt of his earnestness, "No, no; I am serious." Then he 
spoke in the most kindly and complimentary way of Major 
T. W. Hyde, of the Seventh Maine, who was Provost Marshal 
of the corps, and of Colonel J. Ford Kent, U. S. A., Inspec- 
tor General, as gallant young soldiers, and was about ta 
mention others in the same strain when he was interrupted by 
observing that the troops, who had during this time been filing 
from the left into the rifle pits, had come to a halt, and were 
lying down, while the left of the line partly overlapped the 
position of the section of artillery. He stopped abruptly and 
said, " That is wrong; those troops must be moved further to 
the right; I don't Avish them to overlap that battery." I 
started out to execute the order, and he arose at the same 
moment, and we sauntered out slowly, and stood within 
three or four feet of the trail of the right gun. 

Here let me say, that about an hour before I had remarked 
to the General, pointing to the two pieces in a half jesting 
manner, which he well understood, " General, do you see that 



section of artillery? "well, you are not to go near it to-day." 
He answered good-naturedly '* McMahon, I would like to 
know who commands this corps, you or I." I said, playfully, 
" Well, General, sometimes I am in doubt myself," but added, 
" seriously. General, I beg of you not to go to that angle ; 
every officer who has shoAvn himself there has been hit, both 
yesterday and to-day." He answered, quietly, " Well, I don't 
know that there is any reason for my going there." When, 
afterwards we walked out to the position indicated, this con- 
versation had entirely escaped the memory of both. 

I gave the necessary order to move the troops to the 
right, and as they rose to execute the movement the enemy 
opened a sprinkling fire, partly from sharp-shooters. As the 
bullets Avhistled by, some of the men dodged. The General 
said, laughingly, " What I what I men, dodging this way for 
single bullets ! what will you do when they open fire along the 
whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an 
elephant at this distance." A few seconds after, a man who 
had been separated from his regiment passed directly in front 
of the General, and at the same moment a sharpshooters' bul- 
let passed with a long shrill whistle very close, and the soldier, 
who was then just in front of the General, dodged to the 
ground. The General touched him gently with his foot, and 
said, "Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that 
way," and repeated the remark, "they couldn't hit an ele- 
phant at this distance." The man got up and saluted, and 
said, good-naturedly, " General, I dodged a shell once, and if 
I hadn't dodged, it Avould have taken my head clean off. I 
believe in dodging." 

The General and some of the men in the rifle pits who had 
heard the remark laughed, and the General replied " all right 
my man ; go to your place." . 

Another of the same kind of bullets passed while I was 
standing talking to the General in a low voice, about some- 
thino- which I have never since been able to recall. Then a 
third time the same slirill whistle closing with a dull heavy 



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stroke interrupted me, and I remember distinctly that I com- 
menced to say, " General, they are firing explosive bullets," 
when his face turned slowly to me and the blood spurting from 
his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream, brought to me 
the first knowledge of our great disaster. He fell in my 
direction, and I was so close to him that my eftort to support 
him failed, and I went to the ground with him. 

Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, Chief of the Artillery, was 
standing within a few feet of our right and a little to the rear. 
He heard my exclamation as the General fell, and, turning, 
shouted to his brigade surgeon, Dr. Ohlenschlager. Major 
Charles A. Whittier, Major T. W. Hyde, and Lieutenant 
Colonel Kent, Avho had been grouped near by, surrounded the 
General as he lay, but never a word did he utter. The same 
smile remained upon his lips that he wore in the last moment 
of his mortal life. The doctor Avas handed a canteen, taken 
from one of the men. He poured water over the General's 
face. The blood still spurted upwards in a little fountain, and 
fell back in his hair, which was already saturated with it. 
The men in the long line of rifle pits, retaining their places 
from force of discipline, were all kneeling with heads raised 
and faces turned towards the scene, for it had already passed 
along the line with that mysterious rapidity Avith which great 
sorrows are communicated, that the greatest of afflictions with 
which it could be visited, greater even than a defeat in battle, 
for this the army of the Potomac could repair at any time, 
had befallen the Sixth Corps and the country. 

I was recalled to a sense of duty by General Ricketts, next 
in command, who had arrived on the spot, and informed me, 
as Chief of Staff", that he declined to assume command of the 
corps, inasmuch as he knew that it was General Sedgwick's 
desire, if anything should happen to him, that General Horatio 
G. Wright, of the third division, should succeed him. General 
Ricketts requested therefore that I communicate at once with 
General ISIeade, in order that the necessary order should be 
issued. 



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I mounted mv horse and rode almost blindly in the direction 
of General Meade's head(|uarters. I arrived by mistake at 
General Grant's. The news had not yet reached them, and I 
communicated it to General Rawlins and other staff officers as 
they stood around. 

I rode on to General Meade's headquarters, and found that 
he had ridden to the front. I will not soon forget the scene as I 
entered General Seth Williams' tent. There were present 
there General Williams, General H. J. Hunt, Colonel E. R. 
Piatt, and I believe General Rufus Ingalls, and one or two 
others. As I entered with the blood still showing plainly, 
General Williams said one word, " Sedgwick," I could not 
answer, nor was it necessary, for each one in the tent burst 
into tears and wept like children at a Other's death-bed. I 
returned at once to the scene of sorrow, and met General 
Meade on the way. He had already heard the sad intelligence, 
and had issued the order placing General Wright in command. 
Further on I met the ambulance bringing the dead General's 
body, followed by his sorrowing staff". The body Avas taken 
back to General Meade's headquarters, and not into any 
house. A boAver was built for it of evergreens, wdiere, upon 
a rustic bier, it lay until nightfall. All day long officers and 
soldiers, the old and the young, the well and the Avounded, 
came to the dead soldier's side and left it Avith moist eyelids. 

General INIeade had at first directed that I should accompany 
the body to its last home. Subsequently, at the request of 
General Wright, he changed the order, but directed me to 
detail such of the staff" as I thought proper to accompany the 
remains. I named the senior aid, Major Charles A. Whittier 
and the other two personal aids. Captain Beaumont, U. S. A., 
and Captain Ilalstead, A. D. C. These gentlemen took the 
body to Washington, Avhere it Avas embalmed, and aftcrAvards to 
its last home in Cornwall HoIIoav, Connecticut. 

I have given you, Avith perfect recollection of all the facts 
stated, the circumstances of General SedgAvick's death some- 
Avhat in detail, because some unimportant errors were made in 



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the statements which accompanied the unveiling of the monu- 
ment at Spottsylvania. No conversation other than wliat I 
have detailed took place at the time immediately preceding 
the General's fall. He had not breakfasted with any one that 
morning in his tent, because he had neither tent nor breakfast. 
He had been invited during the previous night to share the 
hospitality of General Warren's headquarters, but declined, 
preferring to sleep on the ground. 

I congratulate you upon the success of the Association in 
erecting such a beautiful tribute to the dead soldier's memory, 
on the ground he consecrated with his blood. 
Very sincerely yours, 

M. T. McMAHON, 
Late Chief of Staff, 6th Army Corps. 
To General James W. Latta, 

President of iSedo;wick Memorial Association. 



Wilmington, Del., June 38, 1887. 

James W. Latta, Esq., 

Dear Sir : — Your first letter came while I was away, and 
1 did not answer it, as I thought it would be too late to serve 
your purpose. General Sedgwick relieved me in the com- 
mand of the Sixth Army Corps, and General Franklin and 
myself, who had organized and disciplined the corps, and loved 
it, were quite satisfied with the hands into which it had fallen. 
That General Sedgwick was beloved by his command, and that 
under him it fought gallantly on many a field is as sure a proof 
of his great qualities as can be required. In his death the 
corps and the Army of the Potomac suffered a great loss. 
The estimation in which his memory is to-da,y held by all who 
served under him makes a better monument than any wrought 
in bronze or marble. 

Faithfully yours, 

WM. F. SMITH. 
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IIeadquarter.s Second Infantry. 

Fort Omaha, Nebraska, 

June 19, 18S7. 
General J. W. Latta. 

My Dear Latta : — I was away from home when your 
polite invitation came to join you in visiting the spot where 
our lamented Chief, John Sedgwick, fell at Spottsylvania. I 
certainly would have been with you if it had been possible. 
We can never do too much to show the country our affection 
and admiration for that grand old hero, whose memory is 
precious to all Sixth Corps survivors. I wish I could l)e with 
you at this great re-union, but find it impossible to do so. 
Yours, affectionately, 

FRANK WHEATON. 



A contribution from Major-General D. N. Couch: 

Our war with Mexico, '45-'48, was the nursery for the 
makino- of most of the leaders who appeared on both sides 
during the Avar of the rebellion. 

Yet, with but very few exceptions, none of these generals 
held, during the Mexican War, a rank higher than that of 
lieutenant or captain. It was from this body of officers, who 
were wholly without experience in the handling of large forces, 
that the-Government, in 1861, had to select its commanders of 
brigades, divisions, and armies. 

There was, however, in the service history of those officers, 
much to give encouragement to the belief that they Avould be 
found able to bear the great responsibilities so suddenly thrust 
upon them. 

It is reported that General Scott said, after his final suc- 
cessful contest before the City of Mexico : " I owe my wonder- 
ful victories to the persistency and bravery of the young 
company officers of the army." 



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This was well merited praise, for in all military history 
there never Avas assembled a body of troops of the same size, 
where there were so many brilliant, soliil subalterns, and from 
whose numbers there subsequently came such an array of 
distinguished generals as were found in the army of 8,000 led 
by Scott into the valley of Mexico. 

First Lieutenant John Sedgwick, of the 2d Artillery, was a 
prominent figure in this band of heroes, he having served with 
distinction from the landing at Vera Cruz to the final assault 
and capture of the City of Mexico. He was brevetted for 
gallantry at the battle of Chapultepec. 

As my service with General Scott's army began after his 
fighting had ended, I did not personally meet with Sedgwick 
in that country, but he had earned for himself so creditable a 
fame that on the arrival of my regiment at Fort Monroe, in 
the summer of 1848, where he had preceded me, I met him 
as though we were old friends. Not so taciturn and grave as 
at times he appeared during the Rebellion, when the respon- 
sibilities and cares of his position claimed their own ; he was 
tindly gracious, particularly to the younger officers ; everybody 
liked him. 

From Fort Monroe our paths diverged, and I did not see 
him, excepting for a moment, until Fair Oaks, where his 
division, under Sumner, came so timely to my rescue. 

Among the incidents of this battle, about 9 o'clock the next 
morning. General McClellan came on the field where Sumner, 
Richardson, Sedgwick, and myself were Avatching the action 
then going on ; after a brief statement from Sumner, of the 
condition of things, McClellan said : " Can't we make such a 
movement," making a sweep Avith his hand, as indicative of 
Avhat might be a successful attack. Sumner made no reply, 
neither did the rest of us. As it turned out, McClellan had 
the right conception, Avhich, if it had been folloAved up, his 
army could have gone into Richmond. 

During the motions of the Army of the Potomac, prelimi- 
nary to the battle of Chancellorsville. General Hooker explained 



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to me his plans for tlie campaign, inclmlin;^ the role that lie 
assigned Sedgwick to perform. While riding back to camp, 
and revolving over what had been imparted to me, I said to 
myself, that Sedgwick could never carry out such impracticable 
conditions as were imposed upon him, and I pitied him from 
the bottom of my heart. 

We all know how well he did his duty in this contest, having 
with a masterly generalship extricated his command from the 
meshes of a net Avhich he had no hand in weaving. 

After Chanccllorsville, the morning on which the Army of 
the Potomac was retired Ijehind the Rappahannock, Sedgwick 
and myself joined while returning to our old camps down the 
river. Of course there could be but one subject of conversa- 
tion — the campaign. Both agreed that Hooker's removal was 
but a question of a short time ; the next thing was, who would 
be his successor ; I named Meade as the one whom I thought 
as the best fitted of the corps commanders, to fill the place. 
To my surprise, Sedgwick made no reply to this, and from his 
subsequent remarks I Avas led to believe that he was not averse 
to having the place himself. It is possible, how^ever, that I 
misunderstood him, for it has been recently stated in the 
Century, I think, that he did not Avish to have command of 
the Army of the Potomac. 

Brave, noble, unostentatious Major-General John Sedgwick ! 
Your simplicity of character is not the least feature of your 
greatness. Beloved by the Sixth Corps, your name is revered 
in your native State, Connecticut, a mother of heroes, for you 
practised the religion of hoAv best could you serve your country. 

D. N. C. 



APPENDIX B. 



Camp Fire. 

" We have shared our bkuikets and tents togetlier, 

We liave marched and fought in all kinds of weather, 
And hungry and full we have been — 

We had days of battle and days of rest, 
•But the memory that clings to us best, 
We have drunk from the same canteen." 

—Miles O'Reilly. 

A most enjoyable camp fire was held on Wednesday even- 
ing, at the old Court House, in Fredericksburg. It had been 
kindly tendered by the town authorities ; every available space 
"was occupied by the Sixth Corps veterans and citizens of the 
toAvn, many of whom were ex-Confederates. Among the 
number was Mayor Hazard, Avith his wife ; over 100 ladies 
were present to grace the occasion. 

Comrade Wm. .J. Wray, 23d Pennsylvania Volunteers, of 
Philadelphia, who had been detailed as Master of Ceremonies, 
opened the exercises promptly at 8 o'clock, in a brief intro- 
ductory. "Ladies and friends, comrades of the Sixth Corps." 
said he, " we shall endeavor to entertain you with a camp 
fire. It may be well to explain, for the information of those 
who have never attended one, that on these occasions we have 
no printed programmes ; that calls will be made upon those 
present for speeches, songs, recitations, army reminiscences, 
etc., and Avhile Ave have a list of talent that Avould keep the 
fire burnino; until -1 in the mornino;, Ave do not intend to con- 
tinue in session that length of time ; as we are in a Avell 
regulated community Ave Avill endeavor to adjourn about 10.30 
P. M. ;" continuing, the Chair stated he hoped there would be 
no declination Avhen a name on the list Avas called to respond, 
but asked that their expressions be brief, of inteiTst and 



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entertaining ; he Avas more than pleased to see such a crowded 
house, and tiianked those present for their attendance. He 
"vvas proud and ghid to announce that the tablet the Associa- 
tion had come to dedicate on the morrow to the memory of 
'• Uncle John " was erected, and that all bills were paid. He 
then, in most complimentary terms, stated that the Governor 
of A'ermont had honored the visitation by his presence, with 
his entire staff of stalwart Green Mountain sons, some of 
whom had had the honor to serve in the famous A'ermont 
Brigade that every Sixth Corps veteran was proud of, and it 
gave him great pleasure to introduce Governor Ormsbee, of 
Vermont. Amid cheers and applause the Governor passed to 
the front, and after thanking the Chair for the complimentary 
introduction and the audience for their enthusiastic reception, 
he^ in most eloquent language, expressed his feelings in being 
permitted to be present to add his tribute of love and affection 
to the old commander of the Sixth Corps, General Sedgwick, 
closing in beautiful words of admiration for the kindly spirit 
that prevailed in the old battle-scarred town. 

After music had been rendered by the Eagle Cornet Band 
of Fredericksburg, which had specially re-organized for the 
occasion, the Chair stated that wdien the monument move- 
ment began it was learned there was no band at Fredericks- 
burg, but it was promised that the old one would revive 
itself, and it was found on their arrival the promise had been 
fulfilled. The Association had enjoyed their appropriate 
music on the march from the train and now again at the 
camp fire, but the Committee, in order not to '"get left," had 
brought a comrade with them from Philadelphia, Avho was a 
whole band in himself, and amid laughter introduced comrade 
Tom Kay, of Philadelphia, who, in his inimitable way, enter- 
tained the audience with comic song and dialect that made the 
old Court House ring with shouts of merriment. 

The chair then stated that the originator of the movement to 
mark the spot where Sedgwick fell was present in the room, 
and as he was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the 



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Memorial Association, it was an opportune time to have him 
announce from whence had come the support that consum- 
mated his patriotic project ; as one of the Committee he 
desired to say that he never had the honor to serve under a 
more able executive officer than comrade George W. Johnson, 
of Philadelphia. Amid applause the comrade came up on the 
platform and read a very concise summary, by States and 
regiments, of the amounts contributed, particularly specifying 
that among the list of contributors to the Sedgwick Tablet 
Fund were a number of ex-Confederates of Fredericksburg 
City and Spottsylvania County. 

When comrade Johnson concluded, the Chair announced 
the presence of a comrade Avho had served Avith distinction 
in command of one of the famous batteries of the Sixth 
Corps — ' Cowan's Battery," — and who at the close of the 
Avar had had the honor to command all the artillery of the 
Corps ; he had came all the Avay from Louisville, Ky., to add 
his presence to the occasion. He then introduced Colonel 
Andrew CoAvan, Avho Avas received Avith shouts of generous 
welcome. The Colonel, after returning thanks for the hearty 
greeting, briefly expressed himself in happy and eloquent Avords. 
He was proud to stand in the presence of so much distinction 
and intelligence, men Avhom he had stood in the lines Avith, 
men Avhom he had battled against, and it made his heart feel 
glad to see the survivors of the old Sixth Corps and those of 
the ex-Confederates enjoying in friendly unison an occasion 
that developed such a goodly felloAvship. 

It Avas then stated by the Chair that a distinguished ex-con- 
federate, Avho had the honor to have served on StoncAvall 
Jackson's staff, noAV a revered and respected clergyman, 
ministering to a prominent and influential charge in Fred- 
ericksburg, had left his congregation, then at Avorship, to say 
a fcAV Avords of kindly greeting. He then introduced the 
Rev. James P. Smith. , His reception Avas enthusiastic. After 
thanking the Chair for the reference to his old chief, StoncAvall, 
and the audience for the Avarm reception that greeted him, ho 



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spoke of his close personal association Avith that officer, and 
stated that he was by his side when he received his mortal 
■wound in that frijihtful carnage at Chancellorsville. He said 
it had been his privilege to participate in most of the battles 
of the Army of Northern Virginia, and he had found that of 
all the days of his army experience, for severe, hard., continuous 
infr.ntry fighting, that of the twelfth day of May, 1864. was 
the heaviest, at what the Yankees called the Bloody Angle, or 
what was knoAvn on the Confederate side as the Bloody Bend. 
He recalled an incident of the fight — during one of the charges 
they had captured some Yankee prisoners, and the fire being 
very hot, they could not get them to the rear, and Avere lying 
with the men close up to the breastworks. One of their general 
officers, a brave and distinguished soldier, who was afflicted with 
nervous twitching of his ears had been captured, Avhen Hancock 
brilliantly swept their works ; he asked one of the prisoners if 
he had seen him in the Yankees lines, Avhen, much to his 
surprise, the prisoner broke out in a hearty laugh ; as he could 
see nothing laughable, amid that harvest of death, he inquired 
the cause of his merriment, when the Y'ank exclaimed, '' I 
don't knoAv Avhether I saw the General or not, but of all the 
queer things I ever saAV, was a Confederate officer of high 
rank in our lines, just before you captured me, trying to brush 
flies oft' the back part of his head Avith his ears." This de- 
scription graphically ansAvered the inquirA'. He had undoubt- 
edly seen the captured General. That night he told the 
Y'ankee prisoner's story to the staft"; it Avas heartily enjoyed. 
Many, many times after the good General Avas exchanged Avas 
he joked about it. He remembered that the Sixth Corps Avere 
hard fighters, as he had stood Ijcforc them on several very try- 
ing occasions, and he Avas glad to meet them in civil life, and to 
congratulate them upon the completion of their Avork of love 
to the memory of their brave and highly distinguished Corps 
Commander, General SedgAvick. 

It Avas then stated by the Chair that several months ago the 
Capitol Buildings, at Trenton, Ncav Jersey, caught fire, and 



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the old battle flags of the Jersey Brigade were in danger of 
being destroyed, Avhen a comrade, now present, who had served 
in the Corps, whom Governor Green, of New Jersey, had 
kindly detailed to represent that State on this occasion, led a 
forlorn hope through the burning buildings, and rescued the 
flags, and it gave him great pleasui'e to introduce Adjutant 
General Stryker, of New Jersey. As the representative of 
New Jersey came to the front he was repeatedly cheered, and 
in fervid and eloquent terms spoke of the high honor accorded 
in the opportunity aff'orded him to say a few words in behalf 
of New Jersey veterans Avho had served with credit in a Corps 
which, as history was now Avriting of its deeds, might fairly be 
known as the " Old Guard " of the Potomac Army. 

The jubilee singers, of Fredericksburg, whom Colonel Bob 
Orr had captui'ed in the town, known as The Big Seven, 
dressed in their Sunday clothes, came on the platform and 
rendered several old time Southern melodies, creating enjoy- 
ment and evoking applause. 

The Chair then announced that the President of the Asso- 
ciation, who had labored so hard to make the Sedgwick move- 
ment the grand success that it Avas, he would request him, in 
any way that best suited himself, to express the thanks of the 
Association for such a large attendance of the Corps and the 
citizens, or to say whatever else he pleased, and introduced 
General James W. Latta, of Philadelphia, President of the 
Sedgwick Memorial Association. His reception was quite 
demonstrative, and when, amid the applause, lie found oppor- 
tunity to speak, he thanked the large and appreciative audience 
for their presence, the speakers, for their cordial and generous 
sentiments, congratulated the townfolk upon the evidences of 
prosperity everywhere apparent, and, in a jovial way, related a 
correspondence he recently had with an ex- Confederate residing 
at New Orleans, reciting the story of army days, in which his 
Confederate friend told an amusing anecdote on his old Division 
Commander, who was a man of fixed temperance principles. 
One morning this Confederate friend, who, bv the way was 



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the adjutant of liis hattalioii, having somewhat delayed sending 
in his monthly return, was visite<l by his temjjerance General. 
He administered a fitting reprimand, and after some per- 
suasion was induced to dismount. The morning was cold, 
damp, and penetrating. The tempting fumes of punch, and 
the pressing invitations of his host, prompted him for once, at 
least, to break his vows of abstinence, and after a hot Virginia 
toddy, or two, as he was leaving he shook the adjutant's hand, 
remarking, as he did so, that he need not be in a hurry with 
his report, nor, indeed, send it to headquarters, as he would call 
again for it himself, most likely in the morning. 

Comrade Kay then came to the front and sang Paddy's 
Curiosity Shop. 

All the while he w^as singing, he was working on a newspaper 
folded many times in quite a small compass. When he conclu- 
ded the song, the paper was unfolded ; it was shown he had 
made a very beautiful design for a tidy, which he kindly pre- 
sented to the lady nearest him. The house shouted and 
shouted until he gave them his imitation flute solo, played on 
one legged comrade Sam. McCambridge's crutch, and then in 
strains as sweet as from a piccolo rendered the Army Calls, 
Home Sweet Home, etc. 

The Chair then read the following telegram just received by 
Mr. ^Merchant, Editor of the Fredericksburg Star, from Gen- 
eral Fitz Hugh Lee, Governor of Virginia : 

" Say to the officer in charge of the Sedgwick monument 
services that official matters of vital importance will prevent 
my being present at the ceremonies to-morrow. I am sorry I 
cannot testify in that Avay my great respect for the memory of 
a brave and capable soldier, and a man for Avhose high charac- 
ter I had the greatest reverence when I was a member of the 
United States Arni}^, as well as afterAvards, when I was in the 
army which opposed him." 

After hearty cheers for the kind sentiments expressed by the 
Governor, it was stated by the Chair that the press of the 



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country had been very kind to the Association in giving pub- 
licity to the movement, and the newspapers of the town, ihe 
Fredericksburg Star and the Free Lance, had taken an 
especial interest in doing much to make the visitation a 
pleasant one ; while he learned that Mr. Merchant, the Editor 
of the Star was absent from the city, attending duties at 
Baltimore, he was pleased to know that John W. Woltz, Esq., 
Editor of the Free Lance, was present, and with hearty ap- 
plause he was introduced to respond for the press of the South. 
As he mounted the platform he inquired the title of the Chair, 
and was informed that when at home the position was known 
as the gang boss, but when out in such good company as this 
it was graced by the name of master of ceremonies. Mr. 
Woltz then spoke of the pleasure it gave him to represent 
the press, and the satisfaction he had in the opportunity to be 
present and listen to the kindly sentiments expressed on the 
occasion, which demonstrated that the old soldier element, north 
and south, was by no means disposed to linger over animosities 
engendered by the war, and congratulated the veterans upon 
their successful movement to erect the tablet upon the spot 
where their leader, the Commander of the old Sixth Corps 
fell ; in hearty words of welcome he wished the visitors a 
pleasant sojourn in the City of Fredericksburg. 

The Chair then stated that Captain J. A. Schmidt, of 
Philadelphia, late of the 98th Pennsylvania Volunteers, known 
in the Corps as the Dutch Regulars, was present with his 12 
year old son, Master Harry, who would give a Dutch recita- 
tion ; the little fellow being elevated on a table, in a clear 
distinct German dialect, recited a parody on Sheridan's Ride, 
entitled Jake Schneider's Ride. 

With the announcement, by the Chair, that rock-bound 
Maine would be heard from on behalf of the rank and file, by a 
comrade who had the honor to carry a musket in the ranks of 
the 7tli Maine Volunteers, amid shouts of applause H. W. 
Knight, of New York, was introduced. He began with — that 
having responses from the pulpit, press and bar, the general 



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field and line — he was wondering if the rank and file was to 
be heard from, and he was proud of the honor to speak for 
his old State, that had four of its regiments in the Sixth 
Corps, and more than |)roud of the distinction to answer for 
the rank ami file of the Old Guard. In glowing and ekxjuent 
words he paid handsome tribute to the men who carried the 
muskets and knew how to use them. 

The Chair then stated that Stonewall Jackson's Corps was 
known in the Army of Northern Virginia as the " Foot Cav- 
alry," and as the Sixth Corps had earned that title in the 
Army of the Potomac, it was about time that some of the 
calvary the Corps once followed should be heard from, and 
with cheers upon cheers for Sheridan and the cavalry, Gen'l 
Greenleaf, Avho served with distinction in the First A'^ermont 
Calvary, was introduced, and in brief but most inspiring 
speech spoke for the eyes of the army, and their attachment 
they had for the followers of the Greek Cross. 

After singing, by the jubilee singers, in old plantation style, 
the Chair stated there were two requests he had to make when 
the camp fire Avould close. He asked the Sixth Corps people 
to join in hearty cheers for Generals Wright, Gett}^ and the 
other distinguished comrades who were on the visitation, and 
up they went with hearty good will ; tliey were repeated 
spontaneously again and again, as each would revive some 
generous memory of these distinguished men. Then followed, 
at the Chair's suggestion, cheers for Fredericksburg, her peo- 
ple, her old soldiers, her hospitality. Thus ended a most 
enjoyalde occasion, one the survivors of the old Sixth Corps 
will lonji remember. It was indeed good to have been there. 



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APPENDIX C. 



Brieflets of the Visitation. 

[From the Frederickftbiirc/ Star, the Free Lance of Fredericksburg, Va., and 
individual contributions.] 

The Veterans spoke very highly of the soldierly bearing and 
handsome appearance of the Fredericksburg Grays. Captain 
McCracken, ■with his stern face, full of determfnation as he 
stood on the "Exchange" portico, while the Mayor was de- 
livering his address of welcome, looked the picture of a soldier, 
as he is. 

The Lance reporter Avas one of the guests in room 10 on 
the arrival of the Sixth Corps friends ; it was a jolly party, 
made up of District Attorney Ridgway, New York ; the irre- 
pressible Kay ; Col. Bob Orr, Wray, Jim Mills, Ed. Ridgeway, 
Johnson, our friend Malcolm, of Philadelphia, John Rodgers, 
Samuel McCambridge, McGee, Captain Tracy, and several 
others, who, with lunch, cigars, songs, speeches and incidents, 
had a most pleasant time of it until long after 24 o'clock. 

One of the quiet, undemonstrative, but significant marks 
of greeting the Veterans observed on the day of dedication, as 
they drove along the roads to the Sedgwick tablet was as they 
passed the farm houses ; all the folks were at the fence corners 
in their Sunday clothes ; many of the little ones wore the 
Greek Cross which some of the visitors had stopped to present 
them Avith. 

Ira Lindsley, of Morristown, N. J,, once in the newspaper 
business, called to see us. He said he had found the spot 
where his father, Captain Lindsley, of the Fifteenth New 
Jersey, had been killed, near Salem Church. Although now 



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in tlie wliolcsalo lumber trade, he had not forgotten how to read 
proof. We happened to have plenty of it, so he sharpened 
his pencil and began corrections. 

Mr. George W. Johnson, the faithfid and energetic Chair- 
man of the Executive Committee, received a hearty congratu- 
lation from the Sixth Corps for the manner in -which he 
discharged his duties. 

The headquarters of the Association while here were at the 
Exchange Hotel. 

All those whose good fortune it was to secure quarters and 
meals at the Exchange Hotel expressed themselves as greatly 
pleased, not only with the accommodations under the circum- 
stances, but also with the table, and the politeness of the pro- 
prietors, and the manner in which their liotel is conducted. 
This is one of the finest kept hotels in Virginia. 

Fredericksburg has now a population of about 5,400. 
Although seemingly somewhat dull, it has three merchant 
flouring mills, plow works, two sumac mills, pickle factory, 
four cigar manufactories, shoe factory, barrel manufactories, 
woollen mills, foundry and machine shops, tannery, bone mill, 
bark mill, carriage manufactory and repair shop, corn sheller 
manufactory, and general agriculture repair shops, so the old 
battle-scarred town, you can see, is not sleeping, Avith such 
industries in full blast Avithin her corporate limits. We ob- 
served the town is quite prolific in horseflesh, many being 
excellent turn-outs. 

President Cleveland's letter mentions how commendable is 
the Sedgwick Memorial Association in marking the spot where 
blood was spilled to save the Nation, as being a sacred spot 
where all citizens of our common country could pay homage; 
such words as these are in keeping with all patriots. 

The " Camp Fire" at the old Court-house was a most glo- 
rious event ; it never was so crowded, and such hearty outbursts 



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of laughter and cheers Fredericksburg will pleasantly ever 
recall. The neighbors say they were not disturbed, but en- 
joyed it, and would have remained up until after midnight to 
listen to the merriment. 

The Governor of Vermont, Ormsbee, with his stalwart 
Green Mountain Staff, all survivors of the Sixth Army Corps, 
were a fine set of gentlemen, and enjoyed the visitation 
immensely. 

New Jersey is never left on historical events, and right well 
Avas she represented by Adjutant General Stryker, who had 
the honor to serve with the corps. 

Comrade Hendrickson, of the old First Long Island, came 
all the way from Dakota to shake once more the hands of his 
comrades. 

The Veterans were more than pleased with the kind senti- 
ments of Mayor Hazzard at the welcome, and the Rev. J. P. 
Smith, of General Jackson's Staff, at the camp-fire; both were 
distinguished ex-Confederates. 

General Getty, once so eminent as the Second Division's 
distinguished commander, is now the Cincinnatus of the war. 
He toils easily, but manfully, on his well tilled acres among 
the fairest of the fair fields of Maryland. 

The full force of the Free Lance worked all night on 
Thursday, the 12th, to get the paper out in time for the 
"Yanks" to carry home the news. We got there in time 
and made the visitors happy. Nothing like enterprise, and 
the Lance people are chock full of it, you know. 

Comrade Birdsall, in charge of the National Cemetery on 
Marye's Heights, and his family, were very attentive to all 
who came on the grounds. The old veteran devoted nearly 
all his time to looking after the comfort of the corps. 



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W. W. Ashljy, of Spottsylvania Court House, nephew of 
Confederate General Ashby, killed at Ilarrisonburt:, in the 
A''alley, a most staunch friend of the Sixth Corps, has been 
selected as custodian of the Se<l<!;\vick Memorial jj-rounds. 
The Association know that in his keeping the tablet and 
grounds will be well cared for. 

Colonel Andrew Cowan, of Louisville, Kentucky, who com- 
manded Cowan's battery, one of the famous batteries of the 
Sixth Corps, stood on the spot where he placed two guns at 
the Bloody Angle, that were not driven out on that terrible of 
all days for infantry fighting. He spoke in endearing words of 
love for his commander. 

Ex-Governor Pingree, of Vermont, a quiet impressive 
man, Avas pointed out to us as the one who led the charge of 
Upton, when he carried the works at Spottsylvania. He 
spoke at the dedication in words of kindness and reconciliation, 
which he felt had existed between the soldiers of both sides 
ever since Appomattox. 

The rank and file of the 6th Corps, those who carried the 
muskets, were largely represented, and proud they were of it. 
It was Henry W. Knight, of the 7th Maine Volunteers, that 
rugged, rock-bound State, who responded in their behalf. 

The visitation was a grand success, full of intelligence, 
strong in numbers, representing fifty odd commands of the Sixth 
Corps. All the States that had troops in the command were 
represented, and all that Avas done in carrying out the pro- 
gramme was done by its survivors. It Avas truly a Sixth Corps 
movement, and one that not only they should be proud of, but 
the people. 

The folloAving commands served in the Sixth Corps, and were 
represented on the visitation : 

Maine — 1st, 5th, 0th, 7th Infantry Volunteers ; Connecti- 
cut — 2d Heavy Artillery ; Massachuchetts — 7th, 10th and 



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37th Infantry Volunteers; Rhode Island — 2d Infantry Volun- 
teers ; Vermont — 1st II. Artillery, 2d, od, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 
and 11th Infantry Volunteers; New York — 9th H. Artillery, 
Kith, 18th, 31st, 32d, 77th, 106th, 36th, 20th, 27th, 33d, 
43d, 49th, 62d, 65th, 67th, 121st, 122d, 151st Infantry 
Volunteers ; Mai*yland — 6th Infantry Volunteers ; Ohio — 
122d, 110th, 126th, 151st Infantry Volunteers; New Jer- 
sey— 1st, 21st, 26th, 2d, 3d, 4th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 23d, 33d, 
40th Infantry Volunteers ; Pennsylvania — 23d, 49th, 61st, 
67th, 82d, 87th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 98th, 102d, 119th, 138th, 
139th; Wisconsin — 5th, 6th Infantry Volunteers; Batteries — 
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Mary- 
land, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and U. S. 
Regulars. Headquarter Escort at different points — Company 
A, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry ; Detachment, 1st Vermont 
Cavalry ; Company E, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry ; Company 
L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry ; Company H, 1st Pennsylvania 
Cavalry; Company L, 10th New York Cavalry; Company 
I and K, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. 

Cavalry Brigade, while Sixth Corps w^as of left grand di- 
vision — District of Columbia, Independent Company ; 1st 
Maine Cavalry ; 1st New Jersey Cavalry ; 1st Pennsylvania 
Cavalry ; 2d and iOth New York Cavalry. 

Come again, "Yanks," and the -'Johnny Rebs " Avill try 
and give you a warmer reception than this time, and a much 
warmer one than 24 years ago, only in a different manner. 

We had the pleasure of meeting a large number of the 
visitors, and say that we have never had the pleasure of meet- 
ing a more jovial and orderly set of gentlemen in our lives. 
Come again, boys ! 

The friendship Avhich was extended to the boys who wore 
the blue by those Avho wore the gray, fully testifies the fact 
that the war is over, and peace shall reign supreme. 
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Among the visitors we were glad to meet our old friend, 
Mr. A. T. Clarke, of Philadelphia, of the IGth Regiment. 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, accompanied by his wife and 
^Irs. Lewis W. Moore. They were guests of Mayor Hazard. 

Colonel Seaver, of the 3d Vermont, and Major Forlies the 
veteran Adjutant General of the Vermont Brigade, show very 
little traces of gray hairs, yet they must be away up in the 
forties. 

Rile, the Philadelphia photographer, whom the Association 
brought down with them, took some eight very excellent views ; 
groups of the survivors, the monument. Bloody Angle, and 
Salem Church. 

A squad of the 14th New Jersey, in looking for the spot 
where they had buried one of their comrades, Abram Black, 
of Salem, who was killed at Spottsylvania, came across a 
farmer who had ploughed the body up the week previous to 
their visit : a box was procured and the bones were shipped 
to his old home, where they will be interred in the fiimily lot. 

Generals William F. Smith (Baldy), Darius N. Couch, and 
Truman Seymour, distinguished officers of the corps, were 
absent from the country while the work Avas going on, but 
they were with the Association in spirit and contributions. 

Generals Wright and Getty, when they boarded the train 
at AVashington, received a decided ovation. The ten car loads 
kept their old commanders busy shaking hands. They ex- 
pressed their high appreciation of the generous welcome. 

The Memorial Association and its Committees held all their 
meetings in the splendid rooms of Post No. 2, G. A. R., of 
Philadelphia, Avhich had been kindly tendered for their use. 
On the afternoon and night prior to departure on the trip, 
those arriving in the city reported to these headquarters, 
where the Committee was in session. The renoAvned orchestra 



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of the Post discoursed excellent music. Hearty greetings 
were in waiting for each new arrival. 

Fredericksburg was never so occupied with peaceful visitors ; 
all the rooms in the hotels, and nearly every available room 
in the town was occupied to its fullness. Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. 
Harding, Mrs. King, and many others of our best families 
are to be commended for their kindness in providing quarters 
at their homes for the visitors. We can safely say that in the 
future our city can accommodate, comfortably, one thousand 
visitors. Why not have our Masonic, Odd Fellows, Knights 
of Pythias, and other societies hold their State conventions, at 
Fredericksburg. We guarantee them ample accommodations, 
with many historical points of interest to visit. Who will be 
the first to receive our welcome ? 

The "Johnnies" were to hold a camp fire at the Court 
House on the 12th in honor of the Yanks', visit, but owing to 
many of their prominent citizens being absent at Baltimore 
attending Masonic ceremonies, postponed it, but done all they 
could to make the evening a pleasant one by mingling with 
the boys at the hotels and taking them to their homes to 
enjoy a social hour; but the people of Fredericksburg, knowino- 
nothing of the postponement, crowded the court-room and 
awaited the opening of the camp fire. Finally, the Yank who 
ran our camp fire was hunted up and prevailed upon to 20 
over to the Court House and explain to the people, and with 
the irrepressible Tom Kay, of Philadelphia, who went along, 
the crowd adjourned for home in the best of good humor. 

The visitors expressed agreeable surprise at the Avell stocked 
stores of our storekeepers, and found prices in purchases to 
carry home as souvenirs of the trip, most reasonable. 

Through the eff'orts of the Hartford Telegram the sum ot 
^500 was raised, in one dollar contributions, by the citizens 
of Connecticut, to the Sedgwick Fund. Uncle John was 



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born in this State, and is buried in one of its quiet ehurch 
yards in Litchfield County. 

Everything on Avheels went to Spottsylvania to atteml the 
dedication, and many were on horseback, while others tramped 
it all the way out. As a Philadelphian termed it, it was a 
Centennial crowd, and a most good-humored one. Nothing 
marred the occasion, even old "Probs" was with the veterans. 

Gen. Martin J. McMahon, of New York, the Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of Sedgwick's Staff, and Col. James K. Scofield, of Phila- 
delphia, who was Commissary-in-Chief of the Sixth Army 
Corps, both positions of honor and trust, must have been very 
young men during the war time, as they are both apparently 
young and vigorous now. They were favorities with the boys 
in the field. 

Gen'l C. H. T. Collis, one of New York City's brokers, 
Avas among the visitors ; he brought down his own team to 
drive once more over the roads he marched, and contributed 
^25 to the Stonewall Jackson Monument fund before leaving 
the city. 

The ladies, and as everybody says, God bless them, we join 
in the greeting. Their presence added a quiet dignity to the 
occasion. 

Gen'l Shaler, who distinguished himself at the capture of 
Marye's Heights, in successfully leading the right charging 
column, with his son Ira; Upton's old Adjutant-General 
Roome ; Major Tailoff of the Chasseurs; Capt. Tracy, 122d 
N. Y. ; Gen'l Broughton, of the staff, and other New Y^'ork 
friends, were a most social crowd, evidently enjoying the trip. 

Gen'l Francis E. Pinto, of the old 32d N. Y. Volunteers, 
and Dr. Oakley, Surgeon of the old Jersey Brigade, of ven- 
erable appearance and with honorable records, were features 
of the occasion. 



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The badfTe -worn bv the visitors was most handsome and 
appropriate, especially made for the occasion. It was a Sixth 
Corps mark — Greek Cross, in bronze, hanging from a scroll 
inscribed " Spottsylvania, May 12th — Sedgwick Memorial 
Dedication, 1887" — and rested upon a red ribbon with the 
words in gold — "Veteran Sixth Army Corps;" the civilian 
had a similar badge, with the words omitted. 

Bundles of canes, cut from the places where the "vets" 
were wounded, &c., and numerous other relics were taken 
North by the visitors to place in their cabinets or present to 
friends. Nearly all visited the Tomb of Mary Washington, 
and commented upon its neglected condition. 

One of the visitors was stricken down with the sun at the 
dedication, but, thanks to Surgeon Philip Leidy, of Philadel- 
phia, late of 119th Pennsylvania, and Dr. Oakley, of Trenton, 
N. J., Surgeon of the old Jersey Brigade, Avho happened to 
be close at hand, he soon recovered. 

G. H. Hoffman, Esq., of Philadelphia, late Hospital Steward 
of the old Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon, Avhere the boys 
stopped to rest on their way to the front or on their homeward 
journeys, was on the trip, weighing 280 pounds. ^\e were 
sorry not to get the chance to introduce him at the camp-fire 
— so the boys could whoop it up — for old hospitality sake. 

Dr. G. W. Hosmer, who was war correspondent at Army 
of the Potomac Headquarters during the war, gave his views 
of the visitation in a four-column article in the Mail and Ex- 
press, NeAv York City. A very readable and interesting- 
review. Doctor. 

Gettysburg was represented by Sergeant Holtzworth, the 
celebrated battlefield guide ; Nick Wilson, the genial Superin- 
tendent of the National Cemetery, and one-armed Kitzmiller' 
one of Adams County distinguished lawyers. The trio had 
the honor to march under the blue cross of the corps. 



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The ladies of our city never looked better than during the 
visitation. 

General W. H. McCartney, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., who com- 
manded the ftimous Mass. Battery in the Sixth Corps, made 
everybody hai)])y around him relating humorous incidents of 
the ^var times. He don't seem to age fast at all. 

Among the famous Brigades present were the Vermont 
Brigade, Jersey Brigade, Shaler's Brigade, "Bucky" Neill's 
and Cowan's, McCartney's and Harn's Brigade Batteries, all 
a noble set of American soldiery, which they proved on the 
field, making the name of the Sixth Army Corps a peerless 
one. 

General Getty, Comrade Wray, and Colonel Bob Orr 
were entertained at the dedication grounds by Lieutenant 
Griffin and Captain T. McCracken, of the Fredericksburg 
Grays. The cool lemonade, after the arduous duties of the 
day, was opportune and refreshing. 

The floral tribute of Mrs. W. W. Ashby and Mrs. Rawlings, 
of Spottsylvania, to the Sedgwick tablet, wjis more than ap- 
preciated by the veterans of the Sixth Corps, coming, as it 
did, from the Southern ladies. II ow pleased their Northern 
sisters Avere to hear of their thoughtful kindness ; it bodes that 
Ave are all Americans in spirit ; so mote it always be. 

When they came to tie up the old brigade flag of the First 
Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps to the platform at the 
dedication it Avas found there were no nails or tAvine; but one 
of the Philadelphia boys Avas equal to the occasion, and Avith 
his necktie and pocket handkerchief, soon had the old me- 
mento of army days tied fast and strong. 

The Eagle Band of Fredericksburg Avas highly commended 
on all sides for their music ; they Avorked hard to be in shape 
to please, and succeeded finely. We congratulate them. We 



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hope they will continue to exist, and be patronized by our 
lodges, societies, &c., as they deserve to be. 

The New York contingent were strong and intelligent, and 
deported themselves elegantly. 

Brophey Brothers, music publishers of Philadelphia, very 
kindly presented our Eagle Band with one of their band music 
books, filled with the latest tunes, and now the boys will be 
kept busy rehearsing. 

Twelve of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania, with one gun of 
McCarthey's Battery, the only one on the trip, occupied room 
eight of the Central. They were a wide-awake crowd, up all 
hours of the night, talking over the tramp they had around 
Marye's Heights, and the time they were in the lines that 
charged over the stone-wall, and among the guns on the day 
of its capture. 

Sergeant J. W. McCullough, of the 6th Maryland, joineil 
the pilgrims at Perryville, Avith the Maryland contingent. 
They were reinforced at Baltimore by General Joe Hill, their 
old Colonel, and others; so "Maryland, my Maryland" was 
again in line, not to that tune, however. 

The civilian friends and veterans of other corps who ac- 
companied the excursion should be brevetted in the old Sixth. 

To all the survivors of the Sixth Corps, and friends, by 
their presence at the dedication and substantial aid in their 
contributions, which made the event so grand a success, the 
committee are most grateful, and heartily return their thanks. 

The ladies' parlor at the Exchange was the resting place for 
the squad of the 138th — just what they wanted, to be together. 

The Sixth Corps chipped in, just before they left for home, 
$67.50 to the Stonewall Jackson Monument fund. 



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Our hotels, the Central and Exchange, are to be congrutu- 
lateil upon the satisfactory manner in which they provided for 
their guests ; their tables were well served and the visitors well 
pleased. 

We met Colonel Jones, of the Army of the Potomac staff; 
he was a well-known man at arni}'^ headquarters, and found 
many of the veteran's old friends. He is now residinfj in 
Kew York. 

Mr. Moon, one of the old " Confeds," was indefatigable in 
his attention to visitors : so was our old friend, and ex-Post- 
master Captain Taliaferro, Mr. Green, and hosts of other 
good citizens. 

General Wright, who commanded the Sixth Corps after the 
death of Sedgwick, is dearly loved by its survivors. He was 
with them from that time to Appomattox ; he is now on the 
retired list ; a tall, well preserved man, Avith the carriage and 
bearing of a soldier, one Avould scarce conceive that wuth his 
quiet, easy, gracious manners that he once commanded the 
fighting Sixth Corps; but he did, and did it well. 

The Sixth Corps in the Union Arm}' of the Potomac, was, 
like Stonewall Jackson's Corps in the Confederate Army of 
Northern Virginia, known as the "foot cavalry;" good 
marchers, quick to get there, and always reliable. Both were 
the models for fighting and marching, and were strangers then. 
Both think well of each other now. 

The visiting "Vets" failed to present the Lance man with 
one of their badges; but we reckon, or" guess, " they will 
send him one immediately on receiving this notice. He now 
Avears the badge, as proud of it as a real veteran of the Corps. 

Mr. John Fero-uson, the designer and builder of the Seder- 
wick monument, received a heart}' congratulation from the 
Corps for the masterly manner in which his work was executed. 



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"We return thanks to General James W, Latta and Mr. 
George W. Johnson for special courtesies extended to us. 

A photograph of the vets, the monument, and of the entire 
crowd was taken after the dedicatory services were over. 

All of the visitors expressed themselves as highly gratified 
at their reception, and greatly pleased with their trip. 

Many thanks are accorded to the Pennsylvania Railroad 
officials ; the hotel proprietors of the Exchange and Central ; 
W. W. Ashby, Esq., of Spottsylvania, who erected the dedi- 
cation stands, and spread the dinner in the woods, and to those 
who furnished the transportation to and from the field, for their 
excellent accommodations and kind attention. 

There was a sentiment abroad on the train homeward, that 
the Sedgwick Memorial Association should continue its 
existence. It was hoped that the Executive Committee, so 
generously supported in the undertaking that had just been 
accomplished, would, in the near future, give its attention to 
securing the ground and marking the spot where the heroic 
Russell fell at Winchester. There are, too, other places sacred 
with the life-blood of patriots of high distinction, that should 
not be neglected. A visit to the Shenandoah valley would 
revive many glorious memories of the Corps' distinguished 
services. 



APPENDIX D. 



Documents. 



[(.'ircular Xo. 1.] 

Headquarters Sedgwick Memorial Association. 
Survivors Sixth Army Corps. 

Philadelphia, January, 1887. 

Comrade : — A number of Sixth Corps Soldiers, on a recent 
visit to the Virginia battle fields, were astonished to find that 
the spot on which General Sedgwick fell, at Spottsylvania, is 
wholly without stone or tablet to designate it. Returning to 
Philadelphia, they called a number of their associates together, 
and it was then determined that some proper and inexpensive 
memorial stone should be constructed, and at a very early day 
placed upon the ground that grand old hero made sacred by 
his fall. The result was the formation of this body, organized 
for the purpose of securing the ground and erecting and dedi- 
cating such a tablet. 

It is not intended to construct an expensive monumental 
memorial ; that the Sixth Corps long since did, and the hand- 
some bronze statue of Sedgwick, on the West Point Parade 
Ground attests the generous remembrances of the followers of 
that famous General. 

It is designed to purchase from the Alsop Farm a little less 
than an acre of ground, to erect a neat and appropriate stone 
tablet, some eight feet high and five feet square at the base, 
properly inscribed, and to enclose it with a suitable guard or 
railing. This, it is ascertained, can be accomplished for the 
sum of about $2,000. 

The owner of the land, has expressed his willingness to sell 



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what is required, and the people of the vicinity have expressed 
an active sympathy with the cause. 

It is proposed to have the stone in place, ready for dedication, 
on the twenty-third anniversary of General Sedgwick's death, 
the 9th of May next. 

Your aid and that of all our Comrades and their acquaint- 
ances is earnestly solicited. Subscriptions may be made in 
any amount, however small, — a dollar or less. If all the 
survivors of that Corps, which, as history now begins fairly to 
write of its deeds, may be justly rated as the " Old Guard" 
of the Army of the Potomac, can be reached, the contributions 
of each need be so small as to be within the means of every 
one of us. 

The thoughts that first inspired those who discovered the 
neglect of this historic spot, was, that the generation of the 
American volunteers, whose valor saved the nation, owed a 
duty to their chieftians, to mark the spot where they fell in 
actual battle, that their memories may be preserved as long as 
stone or tablet can perpetuate them. 

It is confidently believed that the same like sense of duty 
inspires all the soldiers who, at any time, fought, marched, 
and bivouacked under the banner of the famous Sixth Corps 
Cross. 

Major-General H. G. Wright, General Sedgwick's most 
worthy and respected successor, has communicated to the 
Association his hearty sympathy with the measure, and has 
tendered his personal aid and influence. 

Remittances may be made to David Ginther, Treasurer, 
No. 227 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. All subscribers 
will at once be enrolled as members of the Sedgwick Memorial 
Association, if they so desire. 

Your co-operation and support is urged in other ways, 
especially to bring the matter to the notice of the public press 
of your vicinity. Suggestions, advice, and counsel may be 
addressed from time to time to the Secretary, who will take 
pleasure in presenting them to the Association. 



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Copies of tliis communication are at your command, for such 
judicious distril)Ution as you may find opportunity, to give them 
among the sohliers who shouM know of the project. 
A'ery respectfully, 

JAMES W. LATTA, 
President. 

43G Walnut Street. 



[Circular No. 2.] 

Headquarters Sedgwick Memorial Association. 

Survivors Sixth Army Corps. 

PJtiladelpJtia, Pa., February, 1<SS7. 

Comrades : — The undersigned having been appointed by 
the Association, with full power to devise means and erect the 
Memorial at Spotts3dvania, to mark the spot where our beloved 
Corps Commander, Major-General John Sedgwick was killed, 
have selected this design. 

[Here the design was displayed in the original Circular.] 

The monument is of Quincy granite, D feet high, 5 feet 5 
inches at base, with suitable inscriptions on each of the four 
sides, and Avill be inclosed with a 15 feet square galvanized 
iron railing, with granite posts. The entire work is now in 
the hands of the contractor and will be completed before May 1, 
1887. 

The Association has purchased the acre of land from the 
Alsop Estate, which includes the spot where the General fell, 
and on which the tablet will be erected. It will shortly arrange 
for the dedicatory ceremonies for Thursday, May 12, 1887. 

In order to strengthen the hands of the Committee, they 
would urge the survivors of the Old Sixth Army Corps and 
their friends to send in their subscriptions at once to the 
Treasurer, or to any member of the Committee ; a receipt in 



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print, containing a portrait of Sedgwick, -will be given each 
contributor as a souvenir. 

Geo. W. Johnson, Chairman, 119th P. V., 
W. E. Bryan, 3d N. J. Infantry, 
William J. Wray, 23a P. V., 

Jus. K. Scofield, Chairman Com. Subs., Sixth Corps, 
James M. McGee, 119th P. V., 
James W. Latta, A. A. G., 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 
J. T. Rorer, 138th P. V., 
Samuel McCambridge, 95th P. V., 
Robert L. Orr, Corresjjonding Secretary, 61st P. V., 
John Rodgers, Secretary, 119th P. V., 
David Ginther, Treasurer, (31st P. V., No. 227 S. Fourth 
street, Philadelphia. 



[Circular No. 3.] 

Headquarters Sedgwick Memorial Association. 
Survivors Sixth Army Corps. 

Philadelphia, March 16, 1887. 

It is essential that those who intend to participate in the 
ceremonies attending the dedication of the Sedgwick Memorial 
Tablet, at Spottsylvania, on May 12, 1887, should at once 
communicate their purpose to the Chairman of the Executive 
Committee. The sum of one dollar on account of the assess- 
ment must accompany the communication. 

The Executive Committee report the following details, which 
will be strictly adhered to : 

The cost of the excursion, to include transportation both 
ways, from Philadelphia to Fredericksburg, hotel board at 
Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania, and carriage hire will be 
812. 

Special rates to Philadelphia or Washington will be arranged 
upon application to the Chairman of the Executive Committee. 



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To tliosc whose homes make Washington a more desirable 
])oint to unite witli the excursion, a reasonable deduction from 
the total assessment ■will be made, proportioned upon the cost 
of transportation from there to Philadelphia. 

A special train ^vill leave Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, 
Hi 7.20 A. M., on Wednesday, May 1 1, reaching Fredericks- 
burg about noon of that day. The headquarters of the Com- 
mittee will ])e at the Exchange Hotel. The afternoon of the 
11th will be devoted to visiting in carriages the many points 
of interest in the vicinity of that historic battle-town. In the 
evening a " Camp Fire " will be organized at the headquarters. 

On Thursday, the 12th, the party will be conveyed by car- 
riages to Sppttsylvania, where immediately upon its arrival, 
the ceremonies attending the unveiling Avill be held. At their 
co'nclusion dinner will follow at the hotel at the Court House, 
and the afternoon be devoted with conveyances to visiting 
points of prominent note in the vicinity, especially the " Bloody 
Angle;" on the return to Fredericksburg, the party will stop 
at " Salem Church " and " Marye"s Heights." 

Leaving Fredericksburg early on the morning of Friday, 
the 13th, an opportunity will be afforded to remain in Wash- 
ington several hours : the train for the North will not leave 
there until 4.45 P. M. 

The general interest manifested in the enterprise indicates a 
large attendance. This opportunity to visit a localit}' so 
familiar to Army of the Potomac soldiers is a rare one. 

Fredericksburg is not a city of large resources for the 
entertainment of sojourners. It promises that all shall be 
made comfortable, and only asks that the earliest possible 
information be furnished of the numbers to be provided for. 
The urgency for a prompt reply to this circular is therefore 
quite apparent. 

James W. Latta, President. 
Robert L. Okr, Corresponding Secretary. 
George VI. Johnson, Chn of Executive Committee, 
S. W. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut Streets. 



Ill 

[Circular No. 4.] 

Headquarters Sedgwick Memorial Association. 
Survivors Sixth Army Corps. 

Philadelphia^ April 29, 1887. 

The final meeting of the Association, preparatory to the 
departure on the 11th, will be held at the usual place, Hall of 
Post 2, Thirteenth and Spring Garden street?, at 8 o'clock, 
on Friday Evening the Gth of May. It is earnestly urged 
that all from Philadelphia and its vicinit}^ and others if con- 
venient, who intend participating in the dedication shall attend. 

The Committee will be in session at the hall of Post 2, on 
Tuesday, the 10th of May, from 3 to 10 o'clock P. M., for 
the purpose of furnishing tickets and badges, and for impart- 
ing such information as may be needed. 

All tickets will be good going from Philadelphia on every 
train leaving between the 11th and loth, and returning on all 
trains to Philadelphia up to and including the 16th, except 
the limited express, each way ; but the special excursion train 
will leave Broad Street Station as heretofore announced, at 
7.20 A. M. on the llth, and return, from Fredericksburg, at 
8 A. M. on the 13th, and Washington at 4 that afternoon. 
On the down trip it will stop at Chester, Wilmington, Perrv- 
ville, Havre de Grace, Baltimore, and' Washington. 

On the morning of the llth, prior to the departure, the 
headquarters of the Committee will be in the second stor}- of 
Cams' Restaurant, 1427 Filbert street, from 6.30 to 7.15, 
where the excursionists are requested to assemble. 

Parties will take charge of their personal baggage until the 
arrival at Fredericksburg, when it Avill be collected and sent 
to the hotels. Tags will be furnished for baggage and rooms 
assigned on the train during the journey down. 

On the arrival at Fredericksburg, the excursionists will be 
escorted to their quarters by the Fredericksburg Grays and a 
delegation of citizens. It is confidently expected all com- 
rades and their friends will join in the procession. 



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To those Avho come from points other than Phihululphiu, 
and cannot make it convenient to procure their tickets and 
badges, either the day before or at the headquarters on the 
morning of the excursion, they can be supplied on the train. 
An itinerary will be issued on the way down. 
. GEORGE W. JOHNSON, 

Chah'man Executive Committee^ 
S. AV. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut Sts. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



Dedication of Sed(J\vick Memorial TaBLEX. 
Ahops Farm, near Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia, 

May 12, 1887. 
Brevet Major-General Horatio Gates Wright, U. S. A., late 
Major-General U. S. Volunteers, commanding Sixth Army 
Corps, will preside. 



Prayer, 
Rev. I. Newton Ritner, late Brevet Captain 49th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers. 
Music. 
Opening Address, 
Major-General Horatio G. Wright. 
Music. 
Reading of Letters, 
By John Rodgers, Secretary (119th Pennsylvania Volunteers),, 
from President of the United States, Governors of States, 
Officers of Army and Volunteers, Harry Sedgwick, of 
Connecticut, a nephcAv of the General, and John G. Fisher, 
late Lieutenant 14th New Jersey Volunteers, an eye-witness 
to death of General Sedgwick, and others. 
Music. 



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a 

Address, 
Samuel E. Pingree, ex-Governor State of Vermont, late Colo- 
nel o(l Vermont Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier-General 
U. S. Volunteers. 

Unveiling of Monument. 

By Brevet Major-General George W. Getty, U. S. A., late 

Major-General U. S. Volunteers, commanding 2d Division, 

Sixth Army Corps. 

Robert L. Orr, late Colonel 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

George W. Johnson, Chairman of Executive Committee, 

Lieutenant 119th Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
J. H. Tourgee, Lieutenant 2d Rhode Island Volunteers. 
J. N. Mills, Company I, 65th New York (1st Long Island 
Volunteers). 

Singing in Chorus the National Anthem. 

3Iusic. 

Oration, 
James W, Latta, ex- Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania, late 
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, A. A. G., U. S. Volunteers, 3d 
Brigade, 1st Division, Sixth Army Corps, 

Remaj'ks. 
By Edward J. Ormsbee, Governor of Vermont. 
Fitz Hugh Lee, Governor of Virginia. 
Brigadier-General William S. Stryker, Adjutant-General, 

representing the State of New Jersey. 
Hon. D. C. Birdsall, ConnecticHt. 

Prayer and Benediction, 

Rev. John W. Sayers, Chaplain Grand Army of Republic, 

Department of Pennsylvania. 

Decoration of the Monumeyit. 
With wreaths contributed by Military Order Loyal Legion of 
the United States, Commandery of Pennsylvania ; and 
Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania. 



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THE OLD SIXTH CORPS. 
By Maky L. Masters* 



1. — God bless our nolJe army I 

The hearts are stronu and hrave 
That liave willing tome our standard 

From treason's grasi) to save I 
But from the Wcsu-rn jjiairie, 

To Athmtie's rocky shore, 
The truest, noblest hearts of all 

Are in the "Old Sixth Corps." 

Chorus. — Then e'er we part to-night, boys, 
We'll sing one song the more — 
With chorus swelling loud and clear, 
God bless the " Old Sixth Corps.'" 

2. — In the thickest of the battle, 

When the cannon's lieiy breath 
Smites many a strong heart, pressing 

On to victory or to death ; 
The foremost in the conflict, 

The last to say 'tis o'er— 
Who know not what it is to yield, 

You'll find the "Old Sixth Corps." — Chorus. 

3. — There's many a brave luan lying 

Where he nol)ly fbuglit and fell. 
There's many a mother sighing 

For the son she loved so well ; 
And the Southern winds are breathing 

A requiem where they lie, 
Oh I the gallant followers of the cross 

Are not afi-aid to die. — Chorus. 

4. — Our truest, bravest heart is gone. 

And we remember well 
The i jitter anguish of that day 

When noble '' Sedgwick " fell ; 
But there is still another left 

To lead us to tig? tight, 
And with a hearty three times three 

We'll cheer our gallant "' Wright '. "—Chorus. 

5. — Then on 1 still onward will we press, 

'Till treason's voice is still. 
And proudly wave the " Stripes and Stars " 

On every Southern hill ; 
We'll struggle 'till our flag is safe. 

And honored as before, 
And men in future years shall say, 

God bless the " Old Sixth Corps." — Chorus. 



*A sister of H. B. Ma.«ters, formerly Commissary of Subsistence, Second Division 
Sixtli Army Corps. At the time of its composition slie was but IG years old. 



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APPENDIX E. 



N€U'S2>a])er Notices. 

(Editorial, The Critk, Washington, D. C, May 3, 1887.) 

Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville. 
Twenty-f(3ur 3'ears ago this morning, just when the gray of 
daAvn was turning into white, the leading division of the 
famous Sixth Corps, under the lamented Sedgwick, stood 
halted and half countermarched in one of the streets in 
Fredericksburg, Avhile twelve miles away General Hooker Avas 
waiting for the corps. The Confederates opened down the 
narrow street Avith a section of field hoAvitzers so fiercely that 
'even the artillery horses crouched to avoid the storm of canis- 
ter. In three minutes afterAvard the Sixth Corps had a 
heavy line of skirmishers almost half" a mile out toAvard 
Marye's Heights, beyond eighteen well-served guns that Avere 
working hard to stop the fire from the heights. That after- 
noon Hooker Avas disabled and the main portion of the Armv 
of the Potomac laid doAvn to aAvait events. Late that same 
day, after General Sedgwick had carried the Fredericksburg 
Heights, the Sixth Corps ran into a hornet's nest at Salem 
Heights — Salem Church, the Confederates called that battle — 
and suffered the only thrashing it ever had. And this Avas 
nearly a quarter of a century ago. And it was just such 
another day as tliis one. 



(Editorial, Albany Evenincj Journal, April 11, 1887.) 

The survivors of the Sixth Army Corps propose to purcliase 
an acre of ground at Spottsylvania, where General Sedgwick 
their commander, fell, and erect upon it a stone tablet guarded 



by a suitable railing. The monument will require an expendi- 
ture of about ^2,UO0, and it is proposed to have it in place 
ready for dedication on the twenty-third anniversary of Gen- 
eral Sedgwick's death, on the 0th of May next. The old 
survivors of this army corps are invited to send their contribu- 
tions to David Ginther, treasurer, No. 227 South Fourth 
street, Philadelphia, and have their names enrolled as mem- 
bers of the Sedgwick Memorial Association. While the Con- 
federates of the South are dotting their States with monuments 
to the rebel soldiers, it is shameful that so few monuments have 
been erected in the North in commemoration of the brave men 
Avho saved the Union. 



{Stamhu-d- Union, Brooklyn, N. Y.) 

The Sixth Corps Society. 

In the Common Council Chamber, at the City Hall, Thurs- 
day evening, the surviving members of the old Sixth Corps of 
the Army of the Potomac held a meeting to perfect arrange- 
ments to attend the dedication of a memorial tablet at Spott- 
sylvania to their famous commander, General John Sedgwick, 
on Mav 12 next. General F. E. Pinto, of this city, presided, 
and Mr. James N. Mills, of the District Attorney's oflfice, 
recorded. 

Comrade William J. Wray, of the Executive Committee of 
the Sedgwick Memorial Association of Philadelphia, explained 
the details of the work proposed, and stated that contributions 
had been received from Sixth Corps veterans generally through- 
out the United States, and that the expressions of love and 
regard for " Uncle John Sedgwick," by those who served under 
hi^m, were of a most pleasing character. 

Comrade Wray stated that the estimated cost of the tablet 
would be about •*?2,300, and that up to this time the committee 
had collected within $1,000 of the amount required. The 
Executive Committee of the Memorial Association expected 



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at least $250 from Brooklyn representatives of the " Old 
Sixth," and that amount was guaranteed by the members 
present. 

A committee of three members to receive subscriptions and 
arrange for the details of the trip of the Brooklyn contingent 
was selected, consisting of Comrades Henry C. Larowe, of 
the Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteers : Henry W. Knight, 
of the Seventh. Maine Volunteers, and James N. Mills of the 
Sixty-seventh New York Volunteers. 



(Editorial, Ilka Herald, N. Y.) 

Where Sedgwick Fell. 

The Sedgwick Memorial Association, of which General 
James W. Latta, of Philadelphia, is president, is an organiza- 
tion formed of members of the Sixth Army Corps. Its pur- 
pose is to mark the place at Spottsylvania where Major-General 
John Sedgwick fell. The fact that no mark exists to tell to 
strangers where the gallant commander fell, was discovered a 
few months ago by Sixth Corps soldiers who visited the field. 
The movement to remedy the neglect took form with Philadel- 
phia survivors, and such progress has been made that the me- 
morial stone is to be in place and ready for dedication on the 
liith of next month, the twenty-third anniversary of Sedgwick's 
death. The association has purchased nearly an acre of ground 
from the Alsop estate, embracing the spot Avhere the general 
was shot down. The memorial selected is of Quincy granite, 
nine feet high, five feet five inches at base, with suitable in- 
scriptions on each of the four sides, and will be inclosed with 
a fifteen feet square galvanized iron railing, with granite posts. 
The entire work is noAv in the hands of the contractor, and 
will be completed before jNIay 1, 1887. The entire cost of the 
memorial and land will be $2,000, and contributions to the 
fund are solicited. Remittances may be made to David 
Ginther, Treasurer, 227 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. 



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Til is movement is one of patriotism and love, and as such 
will be approved by citizens generally. In Herkimer and 
Otsego Counties it will have a personal interest to many, as 
from those counties was recruited Colonel Upton's regiment, 
121st, which formed a part of the Sixth Corps. 



(Special. — Baltimore Sun, May 13.) 

A Cordial Greeting to th-e Veterans. 

Washington, May 13. 

When the President entered the East Room this afternoon 
to hold his regular public reception he wore a tired look as he 
beheld several hundred citizens and citizenesses awaiting to 
pay their respects. Conspicuous in the room was a delegation 
of the Sixth Army Corps Association, who arrived here this 
raornino; from attendance on the Sedgwick memorial services 
yesterday at Spottsylvania Court House, Va. The delegation 
formed three sides of a hollow square, with General Wright, 
formerly Chief of Engineers, General James W. Latta, Presi- 
dent of the Sedgwick Memorial Association, and General Shaler, 
of New York, at the head of the column. Scattered around the 
room were members of the Army of the Cumberland who par- 
ticipated in the unveiling ceremonies of the Garfield monument, 
members of the Masonic Order, wearing the bronze medals 
as souvenirs of the centennial celebration of the Grand Lodge 
of Maryland, and the usual number of casual visitors. The 
Sixth Army Corps stood fast until the general public had 
pressed the hand of the President and passed on. General 
Wright then advanced and introduced General Latta. wh(i, in 
a brief but well chosen address, presented the President with 
a Sedgwick memorial badge in the name of the Sixth Army 
Corps Association. The President accepted the gift in appro- 
priate terms, and after conversing a few minutes with Generals 
Wright, Latta and Shaler, the reception of the veterans pro- 
ceeded. General Wright stood directly behind the President 



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and was obliged- to shake hands with his old comrades as they 
passed from the President. One old veteran remarked that it 
recalled old times to see a major-general standing behind a 
President of the United States. The President did not hurry 
the old soldiers along, but permitted them to stop and exchange 
remarks with him. and the visitors left the White House highly 
pleased with the President and gratified with his cordial recep- 
tion. One of the members of the corps carried a j^hotographic 
apparatus, and the members Avere photographed on the portico 
of the Executive mansion. 



{The Hartford Telegram, of Hartford, Conn., May 7, 1887.) 

The Telegram performed its promise by raising $500, one 
quarter of the expense of erecting the memorial tablet, and 
secured the amount on Thursday, but its entire cost is not yet 
subscribed. We expect some further contributions from friends 
of the cause, Avhich will be gratefully received, acknowledged 
and forwarded to the committee. 

In this connection we will say that we feel a justifiable pride 
in our achievement. The Telegram fund w^as started on 
April 2d with four names, under the announcement that we 
would raise |500 by dollar contributions before the day fixed 
for the dedication of the memorial — May 12. This promise 
was fulfilled one week before the time fixed. The entire 
amount of its cost is not yet raised. We are advised the 
committee are still a few hundred dollars short, which amount 
the Telegram hopes to assist them to make up to the extent of 
another hundred dollars. 



{Brooklyn Eagle, March 2S, 1887.) 

FeAv officers in the Union Army were held in higher respect 
and Affection than Major-General John Sedgwick commanded 
from the members of the Sixth Corps. The survivors of that 



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brave body of soldiers have resolved that another anniversary 
of the General's death shall not pass "without the suitable 
designation of the spot where he fell, at the battle of Spottsyl- 
vania, on the ninth of May, 1864. With this view the Sedg- 
wick Memorial Association has been formed. The veterans in 
Brooklyn belonging to it will unite with their comrades in un- 
veiling the monument on the twentv-third anniversary of the 
event. 



(Lebanon Valley Times.) 

Sedgwick Memorial Tablet. 

We herewith publish a splended representation of the 
memorial tablet which Avill be erected to the memory of Gen- 
eral John Sedgwick, Commander of the Sixth Corps, Avho was 
killed May 9, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia. 

The tablet will be of Quincy granite, 9 feet high, 5 feet 5 
inches at base, with suitable inscriptions on the four sides. 
An acre of ground has been secured, and within it will be a 
15 feet square galvanized iron railing with granite posts, for 
protection of the tablet. 

Mr. E. M. Boltz, of the Lebanon Valley House, has re- 
ceived a very handsome subscription book from Mr. John 
Rodgers, of Philadelphia, Recording Secretary of the Sedg- 
wick Memorial Association, and is ready to receive subscrip- 
tions from those who desire to aid in the erection of a memorial 
tablet in honor of " Uncle John Sedgwick," the famous com- 
mander of an equally famous corps — the Sixth. 

Every one can subscribe such amounts as they feel disposed 
to give, and their names and amounts Avill be forwarded by 
Mr. Boltz to the Treasurer of the Association, and as a receipt 
a souvenir in the shape of a portrait of General Sedgwick will 
be sent each one. 

The fund is steadily increasing, and has reached about ^700. 
The work on the monument is, however, going forward,* and 
will be completed in April. The veterans in this city and 
county should rally once more around the memory of their old 



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commander, who led them so gallantly in many a hard-fought 
battle. The souvenir is one any veteran can be proud to 
exhibit to his children and friends. 



(Spriw/feld Republican, Massachusetts.) 

The Sedgwick Memorial Association of the old Sixth Army 
Corps are to erect a monument to their beloved commander, 
Maj.-Gen. John Sedgwick, at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12 
(three days after the anniversary of his death) ; and they urge 
the immediate transmission of the subscriptions to the treas- 
urer, David Ginther, 227 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. 
Col. H. G. Gilmore, of this city, will receive and forward such 
amounts as veterans in this vicinity may contribute. The 
Association ow^ns an acre of land on the Alsop estate, within 
which is the spot where Sedgwick fell, and there the memorial 
will be erected. It is a truncated pyramid of Quincy granite 
set upon a square base, bearing on its sides polished tablets 
with inscriptions, having a battlemented cornice at the pitch 
of the truncation, and surmounted by the corps badge (the 
square Greek cross) facing each side. It is a solid and im- 
pressive design, in keeping with the strong and trustworthy 
character of the man it memorializes. 



{The Press, Philadelphia, May 13, 1887.) 

WHERE SEDGWICK FELL. 

Sixth Corps' Great Day at Spottsylvania Court House 

Memorial tablet to the old commander unveiled, and memories 
of past days revived. — G-eneral J. W. Latta the orator. 

Fredericksburg, Va., May 12. 

At an early hour this morning all the visiting members of 
the Sixth Army Corps who have come to Virginia to dedicate 



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a memoriiil taltlet to General Se<l<^\vick were on their way to 
the l)attle-field of Spottsylvania Court House. Many went by 
the way of Salem Church in order to see again the old shot- 
riddled structure near which General Sedgwick's corps had a 
severe battle with Lee's forces in 1863. 

At 11 o'clock the veterans reached the battle-field, where 
they were met and warmly welcomed by a large number of 
Virginians, including many ex-Confederates who had gathered 
there to greet them and to witness the ceremonies. General 
H. G. Wright, as presiding officer, called the assemblage to 
order at the monument, and prayer was offered by Rev. J. N. 
Ritner, late brevet captain of the 49th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers. After music by the Fredericksburg band General 
Wright delivered the opening address. A letter was read 
from President Cleveland. Letters were also read from the 
Governors of Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Penn- 
sylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts, and 
Mayor Fitler, of Philadelphia, as well as from Generals Sher- 
idan, Sherman, and Keifer, and Lieutenant John G. Fisher, 
of the 14th New Jersey Volunteers, who witnessed Sedgwick's 
fall. 

The memorial tablet Avas then unveiled by General Wright, 
commander of the corps, assisted by six officers of General 
Getty's division. The monument is of Quincy granite, ap- 
proximately pyramidal in form, nine feet in height, and five 
feet five inches square at the base, and surmounted by a cross. 
During the unveiling the whole assemblage sang impressively 
in unison, " Our Country, 'Tis of thee." 

General J. W. Latta, of Pennsylvania, the orator of the 
day, then delivered his address, which was listened to with 
profound attention and w-as frequently interrupted by applause. 

General Latta's address was a glowing tribute to the noble 
patriotism and soldierly qualities of the dead commander, and 
when he concluded the veterans uttered a cheer Avhich caused 
the surrounding: hills to reverberate with their enthusiasm. 



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At its conclusion Lieutenant-Colonel Pingree, ex-Governor 
of Vermont, made an earnest and patriotic speech. The bene- 
diction was then pronounced by Chaplain John W. Sayres, 
of the Grand Army of the Republic of Pennsylvania. 

The battle-scarred flag of the First Brigade, Third Division 
of the Sixth Army Corps, floated above the speakers' stand 
throughout the ceremonies. 

Immediately after the speeches an informal lunch was served 
on the grounds, and ex-Confederates and ex-Unionists gathered 
around the lunch basket and discussed the fight over chicken 
and sandwiches. 

Lunch being concluded, the veterans walked over the field, 
following the lines of the battle by the traces which are still 
perceptible. The exact positions occupied by many of them 
during the fight were found and their recollections reverted 
back to twenty years ago as easily as yesterday. 

Major Bates, who has commanded a regiment, declared that 
he could have followed the foot-prints of his old gray mare, 
made as he rode her at the head of the column into the fight, 
and while others were not so fortunate as the clear-sighted 
major, they were all able to distinguish the positions and follow 
the movements that were made by the different brigades. 

It was a very interesting occupation for these old fighters, 
and it was late in the afternoon before they could be gathered 
together again and the party returned to Fredericksburg. In 
the evening the party were again entertained by the citizens 
of Fredericksburg at a camp-fire, and to-morrow will leave for 
Philadelphia and Washington. 

Nothing- could exceed the warmth with which the ex-Con- 
federates welcomed their old opponents, and the occasion seemed 
as gratifying to them as the survivors of General Sedgwick's 
old corps. General Wright, Governor Ormsbee, Major But- 
terfield, and a number of others returned to the city to-night, 
but the greater part of the party remain over. They will 
to-morrow call on the President, and in the afternoon leave for 
Philadelphia. 



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{^Jefferson OounI;/ Democrat, Missouri.) 

A circular lias been received by Circuit Court Clerk Veazey, 
from the Sedgwick Memorial Association, asking for contri- 
butions from surviving comrades of the Sixth Corps, to pay 
for a memorial monument to be erected where the gallant 
Sedgwick fell. An acre of ground, including the spot where 
the General was killed, has been purchased of the Alsop estate, 
and the monument contracted for to be completed by INIay 1st, 
next. The monument will cost about $2,000, and the cut 
shows it to be a neat stone tablet of Quincy granite, some 
eight feet high and five feet square at the base, with an appro- 
priate inscription upon it. It will be dedicated on the twelfth 
•of May, and a large attendance is anticipated. 

In vicAv of the fact that G. A. R. National Encampment 
will be held in St. Louis next September, ]SIr. A^eazey asks 
that any comrade of the Sixth Corps in Southeast Missouri 
will send his name to D. B. Veazey, Hillsboro, Mo., who will 
make a note of all names sent in, and, if possible, arrange for 
a re-union at St. Louis, in September, of the " Old Guard " 
of the Army of the Potomac. 



( Washington Republican, Washington, D. C.) 

The Sedgwick Memorial. 
The interest of the veterans of the old Sixth Corps in the 
excursion to Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania, to dedicate the 
memorial tablet erected on the spot where tlie gallant Sedgwick 
fell in 1864, groAvs with each day, and now the railway com- 
pany finds itself taxed to provide cars for those who intend to 
go. Considering the number of battles, actions and "affairs" 
the corps was engaged in, it seems a wonder that so many sur- 
vivors are left. The train bearing the veterans from Boston, 
Northern New York, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Philadelphia 
will arrive at the Baltimore and Potomac Depot at 10 A. M. 
Wednesday, and will leave for Fredericksburg forty minutes 
later. 



APPENDIX F. 



List of Persons Accompanying the Excursion. 

A 

Actell, Charles F., Morristown, N. J. 

Avars, Enos, Private, Salem, N. J. 

Arruent, W. H., Corporal Company K, 82cl P. V., "216 Chester street, Phihw 

Anthony, George W., Private 110th P. V., Burlington, N. J. 

Atkins, Thomas, 67th N. Y., 780 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Atkins, George W., 67th N. Y , 780 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Ashworth, William, Frankford, Philadelphia. 

AUenedey, .John V., 530 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 

B 

Bowman, II. C, Company \, 93d P. V., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Birdsall, D. C, Colonel 2d Corps, Hartford, Conn. 

Becker, Jr., William, Musician 1st Brigade, Xorristown, Pa. 

Bell, C. N., Private, Salem, N. J. 

Brown, George C, Captain Company A, ll'.lth P. V., Manayunk, Phila. 

Boughton, W. DeL., First Lieutenant 49th N. Y., 44 Pine street, N. Y. 

Brown, George C, Lieutenant-Colonel 23d N. J., Elizabeth, N. J. 

Bilderback, Smith, First Lieutenant N. J. V., Salem, N. J. 

Bryan, William E., Major 3d N. J., 2914 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Bryan, Mrs. William E., 2914 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Bryan, Charles, 2914 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Bamford, John, 3d N. J. Cavalry. Camden, N. J. 

Bard, George W., Sergeant Company B, 93d P. V., Reading, Pa. 

Barrett, N. H., Private Company A, 119th P.V., 117 Queen st., Germantown. 

Bodine, W. R., 1957 Mervine street, Philadelphia. 

Brewer, A. T., Company A, 61st P. V., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Butler, Irwin, Devault, Chester County, Pa. 

Barrows, W^. A., Captain 6th N. J., Mount Holly, N. J. 

Batt, Richard, Philadelphia. 

Brenthol, R. H., 39th N. J., Newark, N. J. 

Brown, W. H., Company D, 44th N. J., 869 N. Seventh street, Philadelphia. 

Booth, Richard, Private 7th Mass. Infantry, Fall River, Mass. 

Butler, Jason T., Serg't Company C, 138th P. V., Devault, Chester^Co., Pa. 

Barrett, O. J., 117 Queen street, Germantown, Philadelphia. 

Barrett, Gordon M., 117 Queen street, Ciermantown, Philadelphia. 



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Barrett, Gertrude, 117 Queen street, ( iennautown, Pliiladilpliia. 

Bell, W. S., Pittshurgh, Pa. 

Bakei-, William J., Captain Company E, 23(1 P. V., Philadelphia. 

Buokelew, F. L., Adjutant 14th N. J., Jame^hurg, X. J. 

Burrows, St. J., loth and 47th N. Y., 230 Ainslee street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Burrows, Lincoln, 236 Ainslee street, Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Bantom, Wm. IT., Private Company G, 23d P. V., 26 N. Twelfth st., Phila. 

Browning, William H., Sergeant 1st ^^. J., Jersey City, N. J. 

Blair, F. L., 01st P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

C 

fallow, H. P., 82d P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Connor, D. C, Drum-Major 61st P. V., 230 South street, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Connor, Harry, 218 Northampton street, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Copenhaven, J. B., First .Sergeant 93d P. V., Lickdale, Lebanon Co., Pa. 

Carey, D. W., Principal Musician 103d N. Y'., 3U07 Germantown av., Phila. 

Cook, Carl M., Hammonton, X. J. 

Cross, M. S., Captain Company C, 87th P. V., Y'ork, Pa. 

Cutler, Elias, Private Company 1, 119th P. V., 2313 Tulip street, Phila. 

Connor, Thomas R., Private Company D, 61st P. V.. Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Currier, Osceola, Sergeant Compaxi}- B, 26th N. J. V., Newark, N. J. 

Carney, William, Captain N. J. V., Salem, N. J. 

Cronkite, James W., Lieutenant-Colonel 121st N. Y*. V., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Clark, Gideon, Colonel 119th P. V., and Brevet-Brigadier-General, Phila. 

Collis, C. H. T., Colonel 114th P. V., and Brevet-Major-General, N. Y'. 

Crane, Morris, Philadelphia. 

Carr, Samuel, Captain Company C, 23d N. J. X., Mount Holly, N. J. 

Cattell. A. W., First Lieutenant 3d N. J. V., Woodbury. N. J. 

Chirk, James H., Private Hastings' Battery, Philadelphia. 

Cassiday, George A., 61st P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Doty, Edwin A., Captain Company C, 15th N. J., Morristown, N. J. 
Dykes, James, Captain Company A, 119th P. V., Norristown. Pa. 
Darling, J. H., Ass't Surgeon 51st Mass., and U.S. N.. Thompsonville, Conn. 
Davis, E. W., Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel. Newark, N. J. 
Daughter, Samuel, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Dannenhower, (jeorge R., Sergeant 12th N. J., Camden. N. J. 
Dudenhofl'er, Frank, Private 21st N. J., 945 Third avenue, New Y'ork. 
Danielly, J. W., Private Company F, 119th P.V., 1538 Frankford av., Phila. 
Dare, Charles F., Hospital Steward 118th P. ^^, Bridgeton, N. J. 
Dodge, W^arren W., Sergeant 67th N. Y'., 103 E. Eighty-first street, N. Y'. 
Dunlap, Lewis J., Private F, H9th P. V., Roxborough, Philadelphia. 
Drake, J. B.. Hospital Steward, New Jersey, Elizabeth, N. J. 



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Esterline, D. A., Private Company B, 49tli P. Y., Greenville, Pa. 
Emmons, W. H. K., Corporal Comi^any F, 15th N. J., Morristown, N. J. 
Euston, Ell. C, Second Lieutenant 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 



Frenoli, Tliomas, Private Company A, Sd X. J., Harrisonville, N. J. 

Forbes, C. H., Major and Adjutant-General Vt. Brigade, Brandon, Vt. 

Franklin, John D., Second Lieutenant D, 14th N. J., Elizabetli, N. J. 

Farrier, Fred. F., Captain Company G, 10th N. J., Jersey City, N. J. 

Fisse, F., Private 67th N. Y., 529 E. Thirteenth street, N. Y. 

Farrier, W. W., Private 10th N. J., Jersey City, N. J. 

Farrier, H. H., Jersey City, X. J. 

Fuhner, Henry, Private Company C, 138th P. -Y., Norristown, Pa. 

Fassett, E. H., Private 2d Yermont, Kingston, X. Y'. 

Foulke, Eowan, Serg't Company F, 119th P. Y., 1309 Moore street, Phila. 

Foulke, A. E., 1309 Moore street, Philadelphia. 



Gregson, Joseph, Serg't Company 1, 121st P. Y., 1718 South street, Phila. 

Gregson, Mrs. Joseph, 1718 South street, Philadelphia. 

Gerhard, C. G., Musician, 93d P. Y., Lebanon, Pa. 

Gilbert, J. AV., 93d P. Y., Hillsgrove, Sullivan Co., Pa. 

Groves, W. S., Private Company B, 93d P. Y., 115 N. Fourth street, Phila. 

Ginther, W. A., Private Company D, 95th P. Y., 2615 E.Xorris street, Phila. 

Grady, George W., 3d Pennsylvania Reserves, Norristown, Pa. 

Goss, Miss A. M., Philadelphia. 

Garsed, H. M., Private Company I, 95th P. Y., 28 S. Third street, Phila. 

Greene, Charles S., Colonel 61st P. Y., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Green, Frank, Second Lieutenant Signal Corps, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. 

Gibb<, F. W., Corporal 31st N. Y'., 80 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Getiy, George W., Major-General L. S. A., Washington, D. C. 

Greenleaf, William L., Second Lieutenant 1st Yt. Cav., Burlington, \x. 

Ginther, David, Captain 61st P. Y., Philadelphia. 



Hosmer, G. W., Editor 3Iail and Express, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Hall, Franklin, Private Company A, 192d P. Y., Philadelphia. 

Hall, Mrs. Franklin, Philadelphia. 

Hausman, John, Corporal Company A. 150th P. Y., Newark, >'. J. 

Hazlett, John, Private Company E, 23d P. V., Philadelphia. 

Hoffman, George H., Hosp. Stw'd Cooper Shop Yol. Kef. Saloon, Phila. 

Hall, D. K., Capt., Bvt.-Maj., and Lieut. 12th U. S. I., Rutland, Yt. 

Hallowell, Paul J., Captain 106th P. Y., 823 X. Fifteenth St., Philadelphia. 



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Harris, B. F., Lieutenant-Colonel (ith Maine, Augusta, Me. 

Hosnier, G. W., Special Correspondent, Patei-son, N. J. 

Hoerr, John H., 78th P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Hillnian, K()l)ert M., Sergeant Company E, lOtli N. J., ( anulen, N. J. 

Hendricks, E. J., Private Company L), 67th N. Y., Foriuan, Sargent Co., Dak. 

Hansel], George, Private, 1531 Spruce street, Philadelphia. 

Hansell, Milton, Sergeant, Kancocas, X, J. 

Hansell, Wilraot, 1(32(3 Market street, Philadelphia. 

Hansell, R. H., Rancocas, N. J. 

Horsch, Chas., Musician Conipany I, 9Sth R V., 1128 N. Third st., Phila, 

Holtzworth, \V. D., Sergeant Company F, 87th P. V., Gettysburg, Pa. 

I 

Irvin, S. H., First Lieut. B, 4<lth P. V., McAleys Fort, Huntingdon Co., Pa. 
Irvin, W. M., Capt. Company G, 49th P.V., Montandon, Northum'dCo., Pa. 

J 

Johnston, J G., Corporal Company H, 23d P. V., 218 Dickinson st., Pliila. 
Jones, J. E., Col. and Ass't Qtrmstr. A. of P., Custom House, X. Y. 
Johnson, George W., Lieutenant K, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 
Johnson, H. S., Orderly Sergeant Company C, 121st N. Y., Utica, X. Y''. 
Jenkins, Joseph, 1231 S. Eleventh street, Philadelphia. 
Jones, Pierson, Private Company F, 82d P. V., Richboro, Bucks Co., Pa. 
Johnston, Alexander, Captain Company F, 23d P. V., 1207 Locust St., Phila. 
Johnson, John L., 802 Broad street, Newark, 

K 

Knoll, Louis, Private 21st N. J., 52 Stanhope street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Knight, H. W., Private Company B, 7tli Maine, 805 Broadway, N, Y. 

Kiley, Thomas W., Private 47tli N. Y"., 72 Hewes street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Kelly, James, Private, 5 N. Nineteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Kline, Jacob, Private 3d N. J., Burlington, N, J. 

Knittle, Frank, Corporal C, 96th P. V., Port Carbon, Pa. 

Kay, Thomas H., Corporal 124th and 197th P. V., 2534 Fillmore St., Phila. 

Kitzmiller, J. A., Private B, 138th P. V., Gettysburg, Pa. 

Kline, J. C, 3d N. J. V., Burlington, N. J. 

Kidder, John S., Colonel 121st N. Y., 17 South street, X. Y. 

King, John S., First Lieutenant ISth and 124th X. Y'., Brooklyn. X. Y'. 

Keyser, James D., Captain A, 32d P. V., 236 S. Twentieth st., Philadelphia. 

L 

Lynch, Dr. H. H., Jersey City, X. J. 

Lindsley, Ira J., Captain C, loth X. J., Morristown, X. J. 

Lindsley, Jr., Ira J., Morristown, X. J. 

Lindsley, J. Frank, Morristown, N. J. 



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Love, Robert, Captain A, 10th N. J., 52 N. Seventh t^treet, Phihidelphia. 

Lynch, David T., Captain, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Leidy, M. D., Philip, Surgeon 119th P. Y., Philadelphia. 

Latta, J. W., Bvt-Lt.-Col. & A. A. G., U. SY\, 3d Brig. 1st D. 6th Cori)s. Phila. 

Layman, A., Lieutenant 118th P. Y., 1630 N. Eighteentli st., Philadelphia. 

Lyons, Patrick, Second Lieutenant 2d R. I. Y., Peace Dale, R. I. 

Leech, James, Corporal A, llDth P. Y., Roxboro, Philadelplua. 

Latch, Jacob, Sergeant I, 121st P. Y., Frankford, Philadelphia. 

Love, James H., Private 21st N. J., Jersey City, N. J. 

Lilley, .Jacob, Private A., 119th P. V., 4546 Germantown avenue, Phila. 

liarowe, PI. C, Sergeant 14th N. J., 114 Hancock street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Lukens, Charles P., Private F, 23d P. V., 4457 Main st., Frankford, Phila. 

Lynch, M. D., H. H., Jersey City, N. J. 

Liebert, Peter, Co. A, llUth P. Y., Manayunk, Philadelphia. 

Linton, Josiah, Private A., 18th P. Y., Wissahickon, Philadelphia. 

Linton, Mrs., Josiah, Wissaliickon, Philadelphia. 

Landis, A. G., Private I, 129th P. V., 822 Green street, Pliiladelphia. 

Landis, Mrs. A. G., 822 Green street, Philadelphia. 

M 

Mills, John L, 102d P. Y., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Merrett, John B., Corporal B., 170th X. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Merrett, Mrs. John B., Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Mundy, Henry H., Private C, 14th X. J., Xewark, X. J. 

Mundy, Mrs. Henry H., Xewark, N. J. 

Miller, Benjamin R., Chaplain 119th P. Y., 1705 Cayuga street, Phila. 

Mayette, H. R., Sergeant 124tli X. Y. Y., 81 Reid ave., Brooklyn; X. Y. 

Mills, James X, 67th X. Y. V., Brooklyn, X. Y. 

:\[atthews, J. C, 61st P. Y., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Morris, John, Sergeant I, 67th X. Y., 770 Third street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Metcalf, Henry, Sergt. A, 67th X. Y., 10th Precinct Police, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Murphy, Frank K., Private 88th P. Y., Gray's Ferry road, Philadelphia. 

Murphy, ilrs. K., Gray's Ferry road, Pliiladelphia. 

Mellone, M., Private G, 21st X. J., Jersey City, X. J. 

Martindell, William X., Private B, 119th P. Y., 308 Cherry street, Phila. 

Moore, George, Private C, 197th P. V., Darby, Delaware Co., Pa. 

Miller, John P., Sergeant H, 61st P. Y., 1340 Diamond street, Phila. 

Moss, Jacob R., Corporal E, 119th P. Y., 1117 Ogden street, Philadelphia. 

Mansur, Zophar M., Captain K, 10th Yt., Island Pond, Yt. 

Malcolm, William, Philadelphia. 

Murphy, Miss, Philadelphia. 

McCambridge, Samuel, Private F, 95th P. Y., 525 Cherry street, Phila. 

McGee, James M., Private E, 119tli P. Y., Roxboro, Philadelphia. 

McCullough, J. H., 6th Md. Vols., Rowlandville, Md. 

McCartnev, W. H., Captain Battery A, Mass. Artillery, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

9 



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McMalion, INI. T., Bvt.-Maj.-Gen. c^ A.-A.-G., 6th Corps, 93 Nassau St., N. Y. 
M.'C'ime, Tliomas, l(i2cl P. V., Pittsburgli, Pa. 
McLaren, Iliigii, Gist P. \'., Pittslnirgli, Pa. 

N 

Neagle, James, Private 0th Maine, Liiliec, Me. 

O 

O'Neill, Aid. P. H., Sergeant Veteran Corps, Jersey City, N. J. 
Orsuibee, E. J., Captain G, 12th Vt. Vols., Governor of V^ermont. 
Oakley, Dr. L. W., Surgeon 1st N. J. Brigade, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Orr, Kobert L., Colonel 61st P. ^^, 1715 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 



Perkins, W. N., 61st P. V., Camden, N. J. 

Peck, Andrew, Private 38th N. Y., 785 Monroe street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Partridge, William H., Captain 67th N. Y. V., Washington, D. C. 

Post, N., Captain 121st N. Y., Ilion, N. Y. 

Pingree, Samuel E., Lieutenant-Colonel 3d Vt. (Ex -Gov. Vt.), Hartford, 'S't. 

Parsons, O. D., Major 61st P. V., Parsons, Luzerne County, Pa. 

Peck, T. S., 9th Vt. Vols., now Adjutant General Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 

Pinto, Francis E.,-Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. V., 235 Prest St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Q 

Quick, I>. W., First Lieut. B, 124 N. Y., 282 Broadway. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Russell, Samuel R., Captain H, 96th P. V., Pottsville, Pa. 

Runkle Wm. M., Bvt. Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. V., 20 S. Ninth st., Phila. 

Riland, William H., Captain B, 93d P. V., Reading, Pa. 

Rorer, Jonathan T., Major 138th P. V,, and A. A. A. G. 2d Brigade, 3d 

Division, 6th Corps, Hatboro, Pa. 
Rodgers, John, Corporal C, 119th P. V., 1403 N. Thirteenth St., Philada. 
Rodgers, Mrs. John, 1403 North Thirteenth street, Philadelphia. 
Roberts, H. Oscar, Major 95th P. X., 2318 Green street, Philadelphia. 
Roome, AVilliam P., Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. G., New York. 
Ritner, Rev. I. Newton, First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain A, 49th P. V., 

2026 North Twenty-first street, Philadelphia. 
Richards, William, Manayunk. 

Rile, J. L., Photographer, 406 North Tenth street, Philadelphia. 
Reid, William, Sergeant A, 67th N. Y., 287 Fulton street. New Y'ork. 
Ridgway, James W., District Attorney, Brooklyn. N. Y'. 
Reina?hl, C. W., Private 93d P, V., Lebanon, Pa. 
Rodgers, Thomas, Private H, 61st P. V., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Eoehm, Charles, 29th N. Y., 437 South Fourth street, Camden, X. J. 
Rigliter, R., Private A, 119th P. V., Manayunk, Philadelphia. 
Righter, William, Private A, 119th P. Y., Manayunk, Philadelphia. 
Ridgway, C. W., 147 East Eighty -third street. New York. 

S 

Scotield, James K., Col. and Chief Com. Subs. 6th Corps, Philadelphia. 

Stackhouse, William, Private B, 119th P. Y., Ninth and Green sts., Phila. 

Stackhouse, Mrs. William, Ninth and Green streets, Philadelphia. 

Sinister, S. R., Captain I, 95th P. Y., Wilmington, Del. 

Steelman, A. J., Millville, N. J. 

Starr, E. T., Private, N. J. Y., Salem, N. J. 

Solomon, J. R., Jersey City, N. J. 

Smith, J. A., 1413 Lexington avenue, N. Y. 

Stokes, Charles, Eancocas, N. J. 

Schiedt, Jacob E.. Private Co. F, 119th P. Y., 1719 Bouvier st., Philada. 

Skinner, Theodore, Private, Co. F, 119th P. Y., 237 South street, Philada. 

Sayre, ^: H., Elizabeth, N. J. 

Stinger, Gotlieb, Corporal 23d P. V., 1105 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia. 

Shaler, Ira A., New York City. 

Smith, J. L., Sergeant 118th P. Y., 27 South Sixth street, Philadelphia.. 

Smith, Mrs. H., 1506 Centennial avenue, Pliiladelphia. 

Shearer, L. D., Sergeant A, 13Sth P. Y., Norristown, Pa. 

Stewart, John, 49th P. Y., Sharon, Mei-cer County, Pa. 

Stewart, J. C, 123d P. Y., Pittsburg. Pa. 

Snyder, Nicholas, 123d P. Y., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Stuart, James T., Lieut.-Colonel 49th P. Y., Boatsburgh, Centre Co., Pa. 

Schmidt, Jacob A., Capt'ain I, 98th P. V., 704 Market street, Philadelphia. 

Schmidt, .Jr., Jacob A., 704 Mai-ket street, Philadelphia. 

Seaver, T. O., Colonel 3d Yt. Y., Woodstock, Conn. 

Shaler, Alex., Brig.-Gen. and Bvt.-Maj.-Gen. U. S. Y., Ridgefield, N. J. 

Stryker, Wm. S., Bvt.-Maj.-Gen. and Adj. -Gen. N. J., Trenton, N. J. 

Sayers, Rev. J. W., Private 122d P.Y., Chap. Dep. Pa. G, A. R., Phila. 

T 

Tracy, O. O., Captain and Bvt.-Lieut.-Col. 1 22d N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Tailof, Ivan, Major 65th N. Y., 54 Worth street, N. Y. 

Tourgee, J. H., First Lieutenant 2d R. I. Y., Norwich, Conn. 

Tilden, Clay, Private 21st N. J., Jersey City, N. J. 

Tucker, Robert, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Thorn, H. St. Clair, Frankford, Philadelphia, 

Thomas, J. R., Company K, 127th P. Y., Cresson, Pa. 

Thompson, R. Y., 61st P. Y., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

U 

Upson, L. A., Corporal H., 02d N. Y., Thompsonville, Conn. 



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V 

\i(-kei-s, T. L., !)0 Front >-trfet, N. Y. 

Villi Lieu, J. II. Private G, l^^t N. J., 427 Fit'tli avc-mie, Hrooklyii, N. Y. 
Yickeiy, Joseiili, Cai)tain A, 'Jotli P. V., Ridley Park, Delaware Co., Pa. 
Van Tagen, E., Private Ibt Pa. Lt. Art,, 4:31) M St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Vandergrift, C. M., I»rivate IHltli P. V., 2211 Mt. Vernon St., Pliiladelphla. 

W 

"Weir. Collins, Second Lieutenant E, 9th N. J., Morristown, N. J. 

"Wells, .Joseph W., Private K, 119th P. V., 411 Julianna st., Philadolpliia. 

Wrigiit, Horatio G., Maj.-Gen. U. S. A., Com. Gth Corps, Washington, D. C. 

Wallace, W. J., Major 23d P. V., 1432 S. Forty-ninth st., Philadelphia. 

Wallace, Mrs W. J., 1432 S. Forty-ninth street, Philadelphia. 

Williams, Frederick, Sergeant 119th P. V., Quinton, N. J. 

"Wilson, M.D., C. H., Surgeon 49th P. V., Plymouth, Pa. 

Wood, B. F., Major, Salem, jSI. J. 

"Wells, Joseph K., Captain and Bvt.-Maj.- 4tli N. J., Mt. Holly, N. J. 

"Wray, William J., Sergeant F, 23d P. V., Philadelphia. 

Weest, George. Captain G, Uotii P. V., 2035 Mervine st., Philadelphia. 

Walls, James P., Philadelphia. 

Willett, Virgil, Sergeant 12th X. J., Camden, N. J. 

Wilson, Frank B., Private B, 93d P. V., 739 Chestnut street, Reading, Pa. 

Wainwright, Joshua, Corporal 119th P. V., Wilmington, Del. 

Wright, James A., Private A, 119th P. V., 2839 Frankford avenue, Phila. 

Wriiiht, Mrs. James, 2839 Frankford avenue, Philadelphia. 

Whipi)le, Geo. H., Pvt. 24th X. J., and Hos. Siwd. U. S. X., Bridgeton, X. J. 

"Walker, Lewis, Sergeant I, t57tli X. Y., 80 Xormau avenue, Brooklyn. 

"Williams, Jos. L., Private I, 13Sth P. V., Port Kennedy, Mtg'y county. Pa. 

"Williams, R. S., Elizabeth, X. J. 

Williams, Chas. M., 2057 Sixth avenue, X. Y. 

Westbrook, R. S., Sergeant B, 49th P. V., Huntingdon, Pa. 

Wells, James G., Hospital Steward 138th P. V., N. E. corner Xinth and 
Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia. 

W^illing, John J., 40th X. Y'"., and 1st U. S. V. C, 19 Sullivan street, X. Y. 

Wilson, X. G., First Sergeant G, 138th P. V., Gettysburg, Pa. 

Walt')n, P. M., Sergeant H, 1st X. J., 2446 X. Sixth street. Philadelphia. 

Ward, Thomas, Private A, 119t]i P. V., Manayunk, Philadelphia. 

W^ilkinson, John, Sergeant A, 1st Regiment X. G. Pa., 718 S. Twenty- 
third street, Philadelphia. 

Weisjenberger, Leon, 3Ianayunk. 

Weigand, C. P., Corporal, 119th P. V., 950 Warnock street, Philadelphia. 



Yeo, John, Corporal T, 119th»P. V., 1358 Palmer street, Philadelphia. 
Yeo, Samuel, 1358 Palmer street, Philadelphia. 



APPENDIX G. 



Contributors to 3Ioniinient Ftiml, 

Associations. 

Survivors' Association, 23d Regiment Pennsylvania \'olnntecrs. 

Survivors' Association, S2d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

Survivors' Association, 93d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

Survivors' Association, 98tli Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

Survivors' Association, 119th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

Survivors' Association, 2d Regiment R. I. Volunteers. 

62d Regiment Is. Y. Volunteers. 

Society Kearny's, 1st N. J. Brigade. 

Upton Post, 14, G. A. R., I^ew Milford, Connecticut. 

Cash, T. M. M., Hartford, Connecticut. 

Philadelphia Brigade Veteran Association, Second Corps. 

R. C. Johnson, Post 69, G. A. R., Salem, N. .1. 

First Regt. Pa., X. G. Vet. Corps, Philadelphia. 



Adams, C. C, Chaplain 22d C. V., Hartford, Conn. 

Andrews, E , Hartford, Conn. 

Anthony, Geo. W., Company G, 110th P. V., Burlington, N. J. 

Asay, Alfred, 14th N. J. V., Paxton, III. 

Ashworth, John, Sergeant, 4th N. J. 

Anderson, John K., Captain, 30th Va. Vols., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Adams, J. W., Fredericks! )urg, Va. 

Ambros, A. G., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Allen, Thos. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Abrams, Jos. A., 507 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Allen, R. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Ashbridge, S. H., Coroner of Philadelphia, Pa. 

Abbott, C. F., Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia. 

Ash, G., Company D, 119th P. V„ Pennsylvania Railroad Office. 

Acton, F. W., Salem, X. .J. 

Acton, W. W., Salem, X. J. 

Alvord, Jacob, Company G, 96th P. V., Lykens, Pa. 

Andrews, Martin, Company F, 61st P. V., Fifteenth and Ridge av., Phila. 

Avery, F. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Ahem, Jas., Hartford, Conn. 

Allen, Alex., Hartfoi-d, Conn. 



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Allen, J. M., IlartConl, Conn. 

AndiTs-on, Ad., Company F, llilth P. V., Pliiladelpliia, Pa. 

Amidon, F. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Adams, C. (}., Ilartlbrd, Conn. 

Aberdeen, D. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Andrews, W. M., New Haven, Conn. 

Alford, E., Hartford, Conn. 

Avory, M. P., Tolland, Conn. 

Andrus & Naedele, Hartford, Conn. 

B 

Bryan, W. E., Major, 3d N. J. V., S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market sts., Phila. 

Brewer, A. T., Company A, 61st P. V., 121 Papenor St., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Benson, E. N., 32d P. V. M., 59 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Brady, W. H., 119th P. V., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bechtel, W. H., 4th N. J., 227 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Bowman, H. Clay, Company A, 93d P. V., 188 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Bucklyn, Capt. J. K., Mystic Bridge, Conn. 

Barrett, N. H., Germantown, Penn. 

Brooks, E. W., Company K, 119th P. V., 1214 Hanover street, Phila. 

Bard, Geo. W., 800 Penn street, Reading, Pa. 

Bailey, Pryce W., A. D. C. to Gen. Neill, Seneca Falls, N. Y. 

Baroux, C. F., Capt. 119th P. V., 719 Market street, Philadelphia. 

Barlosius, C. F., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Babcock, Saml., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Brayden, Chas., C. S. A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Birdsall, A. G., 2d N. Y. Art., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Briggs, Job, Company D, 61st P. V., Mehoopany, Pa. 

Blair, Frank, Company F, 61st P. V., 45 Arch street, Allegheny City, Pa. 

Barton, J. L., Lieutenant, 49th P. V., Pleasant View, Pa. 

Brown, Chas. H., 23d P. V., 1829 Fernon street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boyd, T. H., Philadelphia. 

Bailey, W., Twelfth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. 

Bolestridge, J. J., 23d P. V., 1339 N. Second street, Philadelphia. 

Botteicher, Jos., Mattawan, Mifflin Couuty, Pa. 

Brown, J. C, Company C, 49th P. V., Shenandoah, Iowa. 

Bartrufi" C. M., Lieutenant-Colonel 14th N. Y. V., 155 West street, N. Y. 

Bewley, Chas. H., Capt. and Brev. Maj., 61st P. V., 97 S. Third St., Phila. 

Boyd, John, 23d P. V., 2317 Catharine street, Philadelphia. 

Baker, Gen. B. F., 43d N. Y. V., Hoosie Falls, N. Y. 

Burrows, Geo., Company E, 61st P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Bower, C, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Borntrager, II. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Blackburne, D. S , Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Bowen, Duvid M., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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Bowen, Morgan, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Burrows, Chas. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Bacon, John W., Hartford, Conn. 

Byxbee, J. C., Hartford, Conn. 

Banning, J. O., Hartford, Conn. 

Brewer, C- L., Hartford, Conn. 

Bissell, T. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Buell, D. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Beecher, R. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Bodwell, G. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Brainard, A., Hartford, Conn. 

Birge, W. H., Hartford, Conn, 

Bartram, J. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Buell, A. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Bassett, J. D.. Hartford, Conn. 

Briggs, A. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Brothwell, J. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Bacon, R. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Bradley, D. C, Hartford, Conn, 

Bnrr, H. P., 17th Conn. V., Hartford, Conn. 

Blackman, C. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Butler, F. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Birdsall, D. C, Westport, Conn. 

Birdsall, Mrs. D. C, Westport, Conn. 

Birdsall, Miss G. A., Westport, Conn. 

Bradley, F. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Bradley, William J., Hartford, Conn. 

Brotach, .T. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Brady, G. T., Hartford, Conn. 

Beecher, Mr., Hartford, Conn. 

Baker, D. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Blanchard, O. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Bradley, S. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Bliss, W. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Bunce, J. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Brown, W. L., Springfield, Conn. 

Billings, W. H., Tolland, Conn. 

Brewster, C. H., Adjutant 10th Mass. Vols, Northampton, Mass. 

Bender, Victor H., 227 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Blumner, William T., 118th P. V. 

Best, William L., Captain 16th N. Y. V., Ogdensburg, N. Y. 

Butler, Jason T., C, 138th P. V., Devault, Pa. 

Beaumont, E. B., Captain U. S. A., Fort Bowie, Arizona. 

Brodie, J. A., 39 Maiden Lane, X. Y. City. 

Burkins, J. T., 6th Md. Vols., Rising Sun, Md. 



13G 

Bell, James I)., N. Y. \ ., Ui Court street, lirodkiyn. N. Y. 

Blankley, Thomas S., 518 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Brown, Fred., Hartford, Conn. 

Beckwith, C. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Brainard, Leverett, Hartford, Conn. 

Bliss, E. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Brown, Frank S., Hartford, Conn. 

Barker, Ludlow, Hartford. Conn. 

Bryant, Joseph S., Hartford, Conn. 

Belden, Nathan H., Hartford, Conn. 

Bates, Hon. Ira D., Hartford, Conn. r 

Burnhani, Hon. E. Ci., Hartford, Conn. 

Bennett, E. B, Hartford, Conn 

Bristol, I. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Burlinganie, C. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Bradley, 8. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Blaeknian, E. T., Lieutenant 37th Mass. \'., San Diego, Cal. 

Bates, D., General 121st N. Y., Aurora, Neb. 

Banton, ■\Villiani H., 23d P. V., 28 X. 12th street, Philadelphia. 

Bean, Irving M., 5th Wis. V., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Butleij J., Major 32d N. \'. V., 9 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 

Browne, Wm., Gen. 3d Div., 6th A. C, 472 Louisiana ave., Washington, D.C. 

Bishop, J. P., f^ieut. and E. Q. M., 4th Pa. Pension Office, Wash'n, D. C. 

Boyd, Hugh, 23d P. V., 2217 Naudain street, Philadelphia. 

Bailey, E. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Beirs, W. W., loth N. J. V., Morristown, N. J. 

Badger, C. N., Barton Landing. Vt. 

BoUes, J. M., New Milford, Conn. 

Bartlett, William A., Blandford, Mass. 

Breuil, J. F., 1823 Pine street, Philadelphia. 

Betz, J. F., Crown and Willow streets, Philadelphia. 

Boraeft; L. Shuster, 631 N. Thirteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Banes, Colonel Charles H., A. A. G., 2d Corps. 

Bunelt, Jolin, 533 Cherry street, Norristown, Pa. 

Beary, Eli S., M. D., 3343 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia. 

Beecher, C. K., B, 82d P. V., Philadelphia. 

Brewer, J. A., Great Barrington, Mass. 

Bentley, C. H., 37th Mass. V., Great Barrington, Mass. 

Brinkerhoff, 2d N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Browning, William H., 1st N. J. \^, Jersey City, N. J. 

Brooks, H. G., lOtli Mass. 

Bryan, James H., 2d N. J. V. 

Boggs, Thomas K., Adjutant 23d P. V.,72 West street, N. Y. 

Beckwith, C. 121st N. Y. V., Murray Hill Hotel, N. Y'. 

Bailey, David, E, 121st N. Y". V., Cooperstown, N. Y'. 



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Bradbury, Jacob, Lieutenant E, 119th P. V, Germantown, Philadelphia. 

Bennett,' W. W., I, 138 P. V. 

Benedict, C'has, H., C, 77th N. Y. V., 57 Grand Division street, Troy, N. Y. 

Beecher, B. C, Sixth and Marlcet streets, Phihidelpliia. 

Bodine, J. W., Mt. Holly, X. J. 

Brown, Samuel, Tenth and Chestnut streets, Pliiladelphia. 

Black, John, Sixth and Market streets, PhiLadelphia. 

Becker, Jr., William, loth X. J. V., Morristown, X. J. 

Butterlield, F. G., Lieutenant-Colonel Gth Vt. \., Washington, D. C. 

Buckelew, F. L., 14th X. J. V. 

Blodgett, Amos, Salem, X. J. 

Bontin, C. H., Major 4th Vt. V., Hampton, Iowa. 

Brown, William H., Corporal B, 26th X. J. V. 

Brientnall, E. H., Q. M. S., 39th X. J. V. 

Barnhaisel, R. W., Corporal B, 120th P. V., 300 Cumberland street, Harris- 
burg, Pennsylvania. 

Burrows, S. J. 13th X. Y. S. M., 236 Ainslie street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Beiseker, C. H , 67th X. Y. V., Austin, Minn. 

Bogardus, Charles, Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel, 151st X"^. Y. V., 
Paxton, 111. 

Brackett, Hon. W. H., Tolland, Conn. 

Brown, J. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Bartholomew, A. H., Xew Haven, Conn. 

Brown, E. R., Xew Haven, Conn. 

Blair, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Bronson, W. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Beardsley, Dr. B. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Bailey, Hon. C. H., Xew London, Conn. 

Bates, Hon. G. D., Windham, Conn. 

Brown and Gross, Hartford, Conn. 

Burham, C. H. Hartford, Conn. 

Bosworth, X. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Boardman, W. Hartford, Conn. 

Branson, Edwin R., 533 Dickinson street, Philadelphia. 

Boltz, E. M., F, 93 P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Bodine, W. R., 1957 Mervine street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Carleton, D., Hartford, Conn. 

Cleveland, E. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Chamberlain, E. S., General, Hartford, Conn. 

Cole, C. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Camp, F. E., General, Hartford, Conn. 

Clark, W. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Chase, George L., Hartford. Conn. 



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Cliapman, S., Hartford, Conn. 

Clarksun, R. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Carpepter, J. W., Hartford,, Conn. 

demons, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Case, W., Hartford, Conn. 

Case, O. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Clark, T. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Cuzner, H. G. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Chapman, M. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Chapman, T. T., Hartford, Conn. 

Cloiighlin, P., Hartford, Conn. 

Cngle, C. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Clark, W. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Comstock, M. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Carpenter, E., Hartford, Conn. 

Crane, Dr. S. L. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Chandler, G. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Cue, M. S., Bantam, Conn. 

Cue, B. S., Bantam, Conn. 

Cue, A. S., Bantam, Conn. 

Crosby, AV., Captain 7th Maine Vols., Livermore, Cal. 

Crans, B. L., 67th N. Y. V., New York. 

Carpenter, E. T., Colonel 8th Pa. Cav., 710 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 

Childs, George W., Public Ledger, Philadelphia. 

Coffin, Altemns & Co., 220 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

Clark, Gideon, General, 1228 North Eighteenth street, Philadelphin, Pa. 

Coboum, T. J., C, 119th P. V., 1216 Spruce street, Philadelphia. 

Connor, Thomas R., D, 61st P. V., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Cann, John, U. S. N., Hummers, Pa. 

Clerihew, Charles M., loth N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Campbell, Captain .J. D., 49th P. V., 115 Broadway, New York City. 

ClaH; Charles E., E, 49th N. Y. V., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Caldwell, John, F, 61st P. V., 933 Penna. avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Conaway, John F., loth Penna. Cav., N. W.cor. Twelfth and Willow, Phila. 

Cotton, L., 21st Conn. Vols., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Chancellor, V., C. S. Army, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Cole, C. L., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Chancellor, George E., ("aptain 9tli Va. Cav., C. S. A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Colbert, J. W^., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Campbell, D. S., C, 49th P. V., Shenandoah, Iowa. 

Chancellor, James M., 428 East Fifth street, Dayton, Ohio. 

Crapp, D. B., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Crinkenbuhler, J. P., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Cunningham, William, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Crothers, John L., 6th Md. Vols., Eowlandsville, Cecil County, Md. 



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Christie, George M., Gth Mil. Vols., Rowlamlsville, Cecil County, Md. 

Cowan, Andrew, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. Com. Artillery, Gth Corps, Louisville, Ky. 

Carman, C. Q., 14th N. J. V., Franklin and Varick sts.. New York .City. 

Cummings, A. J., New York City. 

Cromer, J. J,, Fort Littleton, Fa. 

Craig, J. M., Captain 23d P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Callow, H. P., 102d P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Clowes, W., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Clark, Hon. John F., Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Chapin, J. W., Sergeant Company A, 121st N. Y.,<jrand Tower, 111. 

Coogan, J. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Corning, H. F., Hartford, Conn. 

CofBn, O. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Conklin, H. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Chamberlin, S. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Cowel, W. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Crilley, James A., Hartford, Conn. 

Cowles, G. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Clark, Thomas, Comptroller of State, Hartford, Conn. 

Cole, Hon. George A., Hartford, Conn. 

Coyle, James, 21st N, J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Cunliffe, Eobert M., 509 Marshall street, Philadelphia. 

Collier, F. A., General, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Cross, N., General 67th N. Y. V., 206 Broadway, New York. 

Cornet, D., 122d N. Y. V., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Cronkite, J. W., Colonel 121st N. Y. V., 235 Putnam ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Coxon, Jonathan, 21st N. J. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Craven, Charles, Cornell, Pa. 

Cresswell, S. J., Twenty-third and Cherry streets, Philadelphia. 

Conover & Co., D. F., southeast corner Seventh and Chestnut sts., Phila. 

Cochran, Thomas, 320 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

Cooper, George H., oth Wis. V., Sixth and Ofl"., Washington, D. C. 

Copenhaver, J. B., 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Crane, Moi-ris, Front and Tasker streets, Philadelphia. 

Currier, Osceola, Sergeant Company B, 26th N. .J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Cummings, M. J., 49th N. J. V., City Clerk's Office, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Couch, D. N., Major-General Couch's Division, Gth Corps, Norwalk, Conn. 

Collis, C. H. T., Bvt.-Maj.-Gen. U. S; V., 1055 Fifth avenue, New York. 

Chapman, C. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Chaffee, S. E., New Haven Conn. 

Cable, G. AV., New Haven, Conn. 

Chesebro, J. W., New London, Conn. 

Congdon, Hon. J. W., Windham, Conn. 

Case & Co., Hartford, Conn. 



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D 

Deacon, II. R., Comimny I, Cist P. V., "iiKn N. Brond street, I'liiladelpliia. 

hykes, James, Captain Company A, ll'Jtli P. \'., Norristown, I'a. 

Dunhip, L. J., Company F, 119th P. \'. 

Daniel, Henry, P^reilerickslmrg, Xa. 

Dexter, Cliarles B., 5th Maine V., 7<l Faneiiil Hall Market, I)o^.ton. Mass. 

Dougherty, George, 23d P. V., 2()11 N. Foiutii street, Philadelphia 

Drexel, A. J., southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Phihidelphia. 

Dougherty, P. 

Dixey, William, City lill. Philadelphia. 

Daggett, A. S., Bvt.-Brg.-Gen. U. S. V., & Capt. P.vt.-Lieiit.-Col.r. S. A., Ft. 

Omaha, Neb. 
Davidson, James, Sergeant Company K, 122d X. Y. ^'., Ft. Omalia, Neh. 
Dreves, A. W., Pittsl)urgh, Pa. 
Davis, H. Sterrett, U. S. V., Atlantic, Iowa. 
D3'.sait, Robert, Company E, 23d P. ^^, Knoxdale, Pa. 
Dawson, George \V., Lieutenant-Colonel Cist P. ^^, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
De Leeuvv, Leo, Hartford, Conn. 
Davis, C. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Dunbar, E. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Doolittle, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 
Davis, Dr. G. P , Hartford, Conn. 
Dooley, M. F., Hartford, Conn. 
Dumout, A., Hartford, Conn. 
Davis, J. B., Major 122d N. Y. V., Wahoo. Neb. 
Day, E. S., Hartford, Conn. 
Dillingham, E. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Dix, E. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Downs, W. S., Hartford, Conn. 
De Lamater, R. S., Hartford, Conn. 
Deming, J. A., Hartfijrd, Conn. 
Durham, M. V. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Douglass, J. F., Hartford, Conn. 
Deming, L., Hartford, Conn. 
Delphia, N. S., Hartford, Conn. 
De Wolf, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Davis, E. C, Tolland, Conn. 
Detrick, A. M., 138th P. Y., Gettysburg, Pa. 
Dowling, M., 77th N. \*. Y., Eureka, Nev. 
Doty, E. A., loth N. J. X., Morristown, N. J. 
Dubey, E. A., Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Dodge, ^y. W., 67th N. Y\ Y., New York. 
Detre, 0. S., 88th P. Y., 1818 Wallace street, Philadelphia. 
Dougherty, Albert W., 3d N. J. Y. 
Davidson, A., 121.st N. Y. Y., Cooperstown, ]S. Y. 



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Dasher, H. D., Lieutenant, 93d P. V., Middletown, Pa. 

Davis, W. W. H., General, P. O. Building, Philadelphia. 

Daniels, A. L., Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Dunlap, Henry C, 819 Filbert street, Philadelphia. 

Duvall, S. M., Company E, 102d P. V., I'ittsburgh, Pa. 

Davis, E. W.. Major, 1.5th N. J. V. 

Dudenhofter, Frank, 21st N. J. V., 9-45 Third avenue, New York. 

Disston, Hamilton, 20th P. V. 

Dickson, .J. Murray, Ass't Surg. 9od P. V., Fort Mason, and Captain and 

Ass't Surg. U. S. A., San Francisco, Cal. • 

Donohough, Hon. W. J., E. Shawmont avenue, Roxborough, Philadelphia. 
Downing, Jos. B., Capt. Co. F, 49th P. V., 1 404 Bouvier St., Philadelphia. 
Deans, S. R., New Haven, Conn. 
Doyle, John T., Secretary Civil Service Commission, Hartford, Conn. 

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Eckenrode, H. .J , Fredericksburg, Va. 

Embry & Berryman, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Embrick, F. E., Colonel 106th N. Y, V., Williamsport, Pa. 

Edwards, J., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Evans, W. H., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Engei, Michael, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Eason, John W., Capt., 84th N. Y. V., 2d Precinct Police Station, Brooklyn. 

Edwards, C. W. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Elliott, G. H., Lieutenant-Colonel Engineer Corps, U. S. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Evans, Thomas, Hartford, Conn. 

Eckhart, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Eaton, W. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Eldridge, D., Hartford, Conn. 

Edwards, L. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Edson, Joseph, 121st N. Y. V., Portlandville, N. Y. 

Emmons, W. H., 15th N. J. V., Morristown, X. J. 

Eaton, H. M., 7th Maine V., Oxford, Me. 

Eitel, Jacob, G, 2d N. J. V., Carbondale, Lac. Co., Pa. 

Eakman, J. B., E, 139th P. V., Virginia City, Nev. 

Eugle, Charles A., 39th N. Y. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Ellis, W. W., Captain, 61st P. V., Villisca, Iowa. 

Eggleston, A. T., Hartford, Conn. 

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Franklin, W. S., Capt. 21st Infty., and Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U. S. A., Ashland, 

Baltimore Co., Md. 
Fulton, William, B, Gtli P. V., Washington, Iowa. 
Farrier, Frederick T., 10th N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 
Farrier, William W., 10th N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 
Farrier, Henry E., 21st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 
Fulmer, Henry, C, 138th P. V., N'orristown, Pa. 



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Fish, Charles W., 572 Linn street, Camden, N. J. 

Fitzer, Edward F.. 560 Aulnirn street, Camden, N. J. 

Felch, M. P., 4th Vt. Vols., Carscn Cit\, Col. 

Felch, Mrs. M. P., Matron 6tli Corps, Hospital, City Point, Va. 

Fiiclis, Paul. Adjutant 52d N. Y. V., 110 East 109th street, N. Y. 

Farley, James, E, 3d Pa. Cavalry. 

Furnon, G. E., 125th N. Y. V., 1327 H street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 

Forbes, Major C. H., Adjutant-General Vt. Brigade, Brandon, Vt. 

Fisse, Frederick, 67th N. Y. V., 529 East Thirteenth street, N. Y. 

Foulke, Rowan F., 119th P. V., 1309 Moore street, Philadelphia. 

Fratz, William, Captain H, 98th P. V., 2043 Mervine street, Phila. 

Foly, D., 121st N. Y. V., I lion, N. Y. 

Fulder, George B., Captain 21st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Fox, James D., Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Fowler, J. R., New London, Conn. 

French, S. L., Tolland, Conn. 

Franklin, Hon. V. P., Windham, Conn. 

Fernster, Leonard, K, 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Foster, O. D., C S. A., Fredericksburg, \'a. 

Ford, William, E, 23d P. V., Braddoek, Pa. 

Field, Charles J. 533 Market street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Foust, D. 

Flannagin, William, 23d P. V., 1215 Citron street, Philadelphia. 

Franklin, General William B., Hartford, Conn. 

Ferguson, H., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Ferguson, D., Pittsburg, Pa. 

FrauKH, H. L., 71st P. V„ 834 N. Thirteenth street, Philadelphia. 

Frick, George L., I, 119 P. V., Philadelphia. 

Frick, Max, Mountain Dale, Pa. 

Fisher, Julius, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Fisher, G. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Fyler, O. N., Hartford, Conn. 

Fowler, George N., Hartford, Conn. 

Fowler, J. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Finn, E. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Farr, J., Company A, 2d N. J. V., Russell, 111. 

Forsyth, Colin, 23d P. V.. West Elizabeth, Pa. 

Fessenden, S., Hartford, Conn. 

Farley, F. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Fowler and San Souci, Hartford, Conn. 

Fox, Dr. C. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Fenn, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Ford, G. C. Hartford, Conn. 

Ferris, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Frisbie. L. T. Hartford. Conn. 



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Fisclitner, G., Hartford. Conu. 

Fagan, C. E., Hartfoi'd, Conn. 

Foulds, William, Hartford, Coun. 

Fenn, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Forbes and Buckland, Hartford, Conn. 

Foster, Major R. H., Harrisburg, Pa. 

Fry, J. N. R., Company F, 96th P. V., Lorain and Spring Garden streets. 



Gravener, Jos. H., Sr., Company I, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Gray, W. C, Lieutenant-Colonel 119th P. V., Chester, Pa. 

Garsed, H. E., Company C, 95th P. V., Third above Chestnut street, Phila. 

Grasty, M. C, Fredericksburg, "\'a. 

Gibson, Jas., 23d P. V., Bank, Philadelphia. 

Gratz, Simon. 

Gilmore, Henry G., Major, 10th Mass., 1425 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 

Gueruse, J., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Guenin, August, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Guinn, Clark, Sr., Company A, 93d P. V., Lightstreet, Columbia Co., Pa. 

Green, Adam, 49th P. Y., Milroy, Pa. 

Green, Wm. H., 95th P. V., 383S Atlanta street, Philadelphia. 

Graham, J. C, Company B, 193d P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Glenn, Wm. J., Captain Company E, 61st P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Gilbert, J. W., Company B, 93d P. V., Hillsgrove, Pa. 

Goerz, E., Hartford, Conn. 

Gill, T. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Greeley, H., Hartford, Coun. 

Goodwin, H. L., Hartford, Conu. 

Graham, James, Hartford, Conn. 

Gaffey, J. F., Hartford, Conu. 

Gallup & Metzger, Hartford, Conn. 

Griswold, Chas., Hartford, Coun. 

Gray, John, Lieutenant Company D, 121st N. Y. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Gray, Geo. H., 121st N. Y. Y., Herkimer, N. Y. 

Gallagher, Hon. Jas., Hartford Conn. 

Gold, F. S., Hartford, Conn. . 

Griswold, X., Hartford, Conn. 

Gates, W. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Oreen, W^m., Hartford, Coun. 

Gorham, S. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Goodman, H., Hartford, Conu. 

Graves, H. B., Hartford, Coun. 

Graves, Mrs. H. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Graves, Miss H., Hartford, Conn. 

Grifiin, John, Hartford, Conn. 



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Geihanlt, Karl, Hartford, Conn. 

(iriswolcl, 8. N., Hartford, Conn. 

(iuerin, C. 11., Company C, lotli X. J. V., Morristown, N. J. 

Gill, Joseph J., (37th N. Y. V., Brooklyn, N. Y. • 

(iuerney. A., 5th Wisconsin, Webster City, Iowa. 

Grove, Winfield S., Company B, 93d P. V., 115 N. Fourth street, I'hila. 

Grow, S. A., Barton's Landing, ^'t. 

Ginthcr, William A., 95th P. V., 2930 Market street, Philadelphia. 

Gaul, Samuel M., 422 Royden street, Camden, N. J. 

Gibbs, Fred. W., 32d N. Y. V., SO Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Gerhart, C. G., 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Greenleaf, William H., General 1st Vt. Cavalry, Winwonki, Vt. 

Giltillan, John B., Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Washington, D. C. 

Granger, Wm. R., Kejstone Battery, Wood, Brown & Co., Phila. 

Gonld, Chas. 8., Capt., oth Vt. V., room 223 Patent Office, Washington, D. C. 

Ginther, David, 61st P. V., 227 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Gunu, G. M., New Haven, Conn. 

Gardner, S. A., New London, Conn. 

Gates, Hon. D. L , New London, Conn. 

Grogan, Frank G., Hartford, Conn. 

Grittenger, Harry C, Company A, 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

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Hean, B. F., Company F, 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Huliljs, Charles, Lieut.-Colonel, 32d N. Y. Y., room 459 Produce Ex. Bldg. 

Harris, B. F., Lieutenant-Colonel Gth Maine, Augusta, Maine. 

Henry, Hon. E. S , Hartfurd, Conn. 

Hall, John M., Hartford, Conn. 

Hendee, L. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Harbison, J. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Horton, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Henney, David, Hartford, Conn. 

Hinman, R. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Huntington, C. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Hennev, W. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Hinman, H. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Humphrey, W. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Howland, 8. W., Hartford Conn. 

Hoyt, H. W. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Hawley, S. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Higgins, A. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Hawley, E. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Holmes, J. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Hurlburt, A. M., Hartford, Conn. 

Hopkins, L. L., Hartford, Conn. 



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Hovey, James, Hartfonl, Conn. 

Hoyt, Miss B. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Hoyt, Master T. \V., Hartford, Conn. 

Hubbard, F. P., Hartforil, Conn. 

Harris, W. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Hooker, John, Hartford, Conn. 

Hnnt, A. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Hnrd, W. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Hurlburt, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Heubler, J., Hartford, Conn. 

Hollander's Sons, A., Hartford, Conn. 

Hayden, G. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Hoffbrt, J. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Hilger, Douglass, Philadelphia. 

Helm, Theo., Co. K, 119th P. V., 2930 X. Twenty-second street, Phila. 

Haydon, Thomas J., C. S. A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Hartmau, John, Fredericksburg, Va, 

Hunter, Charles E., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Hutchings, Sydney, Second Lieutenant Co. G, oth Maine, Gloucester, Mass. 

Hall, Mrs. Nettie C, Wessington Springs, Dakota. 

Hatton, William, 14th N. Y. V., Washington, D. C. 

Halliday, F. S., Arbuckle Bros. Co., Box 3338, N. Y. 

Hall, W. C, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Hartge, Charles, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Hollenbeck, William, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Hunt, Charles, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Horton, Jos. H., TI. S. N., 309 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hansel!, George, 72d P. V., 1531 Spruce street, Philadelphia. 

Heap, John, 71st P. V., 122 Adams street, Philadelphia. 

Heckmann, Louis, 7th Mass., Plainville, Mass. 

Hutchinson, W. X., Sergeant-Major U. S. V., Fort Ontario, N. Y. 

Henderson, John, 23d P. V., 319 N. 19th street, Philadelphia. 

Harris, Alfred, Mountain Dale, Pa. 

Haverly, W. J., Captain 6oth X. Y. V., Santa Barbara, Cal. 

Higgins, J. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Hunt, Milo, Hartford, Conn. 

Holcomb, J. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Hill, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Howard, I. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Harrison L., Hartford, Conn. 

Hinckley, N. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Hollander, A., Hartford, Conn. 

Haywood, W. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Hubbard, L. M., Secretary of State, Hartford, Conn. 

Hutchins, Hon. .Jos., Hartford, Conn. 

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Hyde. Hon. E. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Hall, Hon. 8. H., Hanfofd, Conn. 

Hart, John, 32d N. Y. V., Room 459 Produte Exchange building. 

Hills A: Smith, Hartford," Conn. 

Hoerninghans, F.. Hartford, Conn. 

Hoerninghans, S. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Holtzworth, William D., 87th P. V., Getty.sl.urg, Pa. 

Hollister, Leroy, 121st N. Y. V., Portland vi lie, N. Y. 

Hilton, William F., 23d P. V., Hartford, Conn. 

Hovt, F. A., Tenth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. 

Horstniann Bros. & Co., Fifth and Cherry streets, Philadelphia. 

Hickman, J. T., Company H, 23d P. V., Water Department, Phila. 

Hyde, T. W., General, Maine. 

Hubbell, A. L., Great Barringtou, Mass. 

Huntlev. L., 37th Mass. Vols., Great Barrington, Mass. 

Hendrix, J. H., Shrewsbury, Y'ork Co., Pa. 

Hamilton, W. J., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Hubbs, A. H., 122d N. Y. V., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Hendricks, E. J., 67th >\ Y'. V., Forman, Dak. 

Hvneman, .J. C. 142 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Holt. Joseph, Company I, 138th P. V., Xorristown, Pa. 

Hagenlntch, Victor E., Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Hiilman, Robert M., 10th N. J. V., 321 N. Fifth street, Camden, N. J. 

Hill. Col. S. W., Sergeant Company F, 155th P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Hodgkins, Joseph B, 2d N. J. V., Boonton, N. J. 

Hopkins, C. F., 1st N. J. V., Boonton, N. J. 

Hires, Hon. George, Salem, N. J. 

Hanst'U, George, 72d P. V., 1531 Siiruce street, Philadelphia. 

Hazlett. John, 23d P. V., S. W. Cor. Dickinson and Front streets, Phila. 

Hall D. K., Colonel 12th Vt. V., Rutland, Vt. 

Hausman, John, Company A, 150th P. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Hodgson, John, Company K, 2d R. I. Vol., Westerly, R. I. 

Haydon, John, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Hammaker, Abram L., 1st Lt. D., 4th N. J. V., Harrisburg. 

Heanev, George S., Company D, 1st N. J. V.. j\Iorristown. N. J. 

Hunie, A. F., New Haven, Conn. 

Hart, L. H., New Haven, Conn. 

Horton, Hon. E. M., Tolland, Conn. 

Hyde, F. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Hawkins, Hon. John, New London, Conn. 

Holden, Hon. J., New London, Conn. 

Holbrook, C. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Hough, N. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, M. D., 121st N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Hough, I. M., 121st N. Y'., Griswold, Mich. 



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Ingraham, C. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Ingraham, L. R., Hartford, Conn. 

lugersoll, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Ingersoll, Ex-Gov. C. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Iseminger, C. F. 

Ii'win, W. ]M., Captain Company G, 4')th P. V., Montanden, Pa, 

Iredell, J. P., Horsham, Pa. 

Inslee, C. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Irvine, S. H., 49th P. V., Huntingdon, Pa. 



Johnson, Geo. W., Lt., 119th P. V., S. W. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut sts., Phila. 

Jones, Wm. T., Company H, 61st P. V., Beltsville, Md. 

Johnson, J. C, Company A, 61st P. V., Newton, Harvey County, Kan. 

Jamison, Col. B. K., Philadelphia. 

Jacobs, B. H., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Johnson, Alex., Company F, 23d P. Y., 1207 Locust street, Philadelphia. 

Jacobus, J. W., New York City. 

Jewett, Capt. H. L., Tenth Precinct Police Station, Brooklyn. 

Johnson, H. I., 121st N. Y. V., 2-1 Fayette street, Utica, N. Y. 

Jewell, L. B., Hartford Conn. 

Joslyn, Col. C. N., Hartford, Conn. 

Jewell, Pliny, Hartford, Conn. 

Jewell, C. A., Hartford, Conn. 

J. W. S. Cash. Hartford, Conn. 

Joslyn, C. E., Barton's Landing, Vt. 

Johnson, M. L., 32d P. V., Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. 

James, W. H., 502 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 

Jones, A. E. 

Judd, Dwight A., Company H, 10th Mass., Holyoke, Mass. 

Johnston, Eobt. S., 4th N. J. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Josephs, J. B., 192 Oak street, Manayunk, Philadelphia. 

Johnson, Frank, Si.xth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Johnson. John G., 23d P. V., 210 Dickinson street, Philadelphia. 

Jacobs, H. G., 6th Me. Y., Eleventh and F streets, Washington, D. C. 

Johnson, Judge J. L., Jersey City, N. J. 

Johnson, Hon. D. S. G., New London, Conn. 

Johnson, James, Captain 121st N. Y., Utica, N. Y. 

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Kennedy, Charles F., 61st P. V., 823 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 
Kinsey, W. B., 161st N. Y. V., Kegister of Wills, Philadelphia. 
Knapp. Edwin A., Surgeon, 122d N. Y., Jamesville, N. Y. 
Kelly, James, 23d P. V., 5 North Nineteenth street, Philadelphia. 



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Kiiirkeiboi'ker, P. H., Room 3, Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Knox, S. I>. p., Sury:eon, 49th P. V., Santa Barbara, California. 

Keyser, J. M., Company B, l*J<Jtli O. V., Pittshiirg, Pa. 

Kiiinpf. John, Pittsbur;;, Pa. 

Keith, II. C, Lieutenant 122a N. Y. V., Ilion, N. Y., 

Kenyon, R. P., }Iart ford. Conn. 

Kohn, Henry, Hartford, Conn. 

Kendall, E. S., Hartford, C(jnn. 

Ketchum, \V., Hartford, Conn. 

Kniiilit, Phili]), 10 and 12 Reade street, New York. 

Kirkham. Hon. J. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Keeler, Jr., J. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Kellogg, C. D. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Kimball, Rev. J. C, 8th Maine Vols., Hartford, Conn. 

Kendall, G. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Kellog, J. A., Hartford, Conn. 

King, 8. A., Springfield, Conn. 

Kitzmiller, J. A.. 138th P. V., C4ettysburg, Pa. 

Knowles, P., First Lieutenant Co. K, 6th Maine, Webster City, Iowa. 

Knight, H. S., lU and 12 Reade street. New York. 

Kidder, J. S., Colonel 121st N. Y. V., 17 South street, N. Y. 

Kehl, John, 5th Wis. Vols., Hollister. California. 

Kurtz, Major I. W., Surgeon 1st Pa. Res., Phcenixville, Pa. 

Kuhn, Captain J. R., Company G, 139th P. V., Warren, Pa. 

Kennedy, Thomas, 11th Vt. V., Virginia City, Nev. 

Kline, Manuel, loth N. J. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Kevser, James D., 236 South Twentieth street, Philadelphia. 

Kern, W. H., Peoples' Bank, Philadelphia. 

Knight, C. C, 401 North Second street, Philadelphia. 

Knight, Henry W^., 7th Maine Vols., 41 Seventh avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Kingman, Silas, Company K, 138th P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

Koplin, Wm. H., Company A, loSth P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

Kinsey, J. Warren, 529 N. Sixth street, Camden, N. J. 

Kerr, Saml. C, Captain, 126th O. V., Box 669, Washington, D. C. 

Kay, Jos. W., 10th N. Y. V., 98 Maiden Lane, N. Y., pub. G. A. Review. 

King, John S., 124th N. Y. V., 186 Rutledge street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Kibbe, Henry M., C. S. A., 115 State street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Keyser, Thos. S., 119 P. V., N. W. Cor. Seventh and Chestnut sts., Phila. 

Krick, John, 121st N. Y. V., Frankfort, N. Y. 

Kritley, John B., 121st N. Y. V., Ilion, N. Y. 

Kelly, Thos., 23d P. V., 776 S. Sixth street, Philadelphia. 

Keiser, Henry, Company G, 96th P. V., Wisconisco, Pa. 

Knoll, Lewis,J21st N. J. V., 52 Stanhope street, Brooklyn. 

Kent, J. Ford, Major, 4th Inf., ins.-Gen., 6th Corps, Fort Spokane, W. T. 

Kirk, Hyland, C, 4th N. J. H. Art., Phelps, N. Y. 



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Kuran, Hon. A. L., Tolland, Conn . 
Kendrick, J. B., New Haven, Conn. 
Kennedy, John, Hartford, Conn. 
Kelley, Hon. "W. T., Windliam. Conn. 
Koch Bros., Hartford. Conn. 



Lukens, C. P., 23d P. V., 4457 Frankford road, Philadelphia. 

Linn, Jos. W., 13Sth P. V., 42 Main street, Lafayette, Ind. 

Love, Eobert, Captain A, 10th X. J. Y., 52 N. Seventh street, Phihidelphia. 

Lex, W. H., 51 North Sixth streets, Philadelphia. 

Long, Col. Wm. H., A. A. G. 2d Div. 6th Corps, Boston, Mass. 

Love, James H., 21st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Lambert, William H., Major 33d N. J. V., Tenth and Chestnut sts.. Piiila. 

Lowe, Frank. Company E, Adjutant r21st N. Y. V. 

Larowe, H. C, 14th N. J. V., 114 Hancock street, Brooklyn. 

Longnecker, D., Company G, 110th G. \., Long Point, Ind. 

Lindeman, Adolph, 1st N. J. V., Union Hill, N. J. 

Linker, D , Company K, 138th P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

Lentz, Benj. F., Company G, 119th P. V., Fairthorne av., Eoxl)orough, Pa. 

Levering, A., 54(3 N. Eleventh street, Philadelphia. 

Leach, Chas., Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Lindsley, Ira J. (son of Capt. Lindsley, killed at Salem Church), :Morris- 

town, N. J. 
Lindsley, I. Frank, 15th N. J., V., Morristown, N, J. 
Long, John J., 130th P. V., Sterling, Col. 
Lesher, Daniel, Steelton, Dauphin County, Pa. 
Lyons, Patrick, 2d E. I. V., Peace Dale, E. I. 
Lyons, L. F., Peace Dale, R. I. 

Lambert, W. H., Company E, 102d P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Low, Peter, Company K, 93d P. V., Lykens, Pa. 
Leonard, Thos., Captain, 3d V., Austin. Minn. 
Lynch, David T., Hancock Legion. 100 Hansom i)lace, Brooklyn. 
Lindsley, Justin Frank (grandson of Capt. Ira J. Lindsley, loth N. J. V., 

killed at Salem Church). Morristown, N. J. 
Lind.sley, Helen Olivia (granddaughter of Capt. Ira J., Lindsley. loth N. 

J. v., killed at Salem Church), Morristown, N. J. 
Lindsley, Mary Heft, Morristown, N. J. 
Linde, Chas. F., 213 S. Sixth street, Philadelphia. 

Lindsley, Mrs. Olivia (daughter of Capt. I. J. Lindsley). Morristown, N.J. 
Lillibridge, T. B.. New London, Conn. 
Lamb, (."., New Hartford, Conn. 
Latham, E., Hartford Conn. 
Lester, Hon. D. M., New London. Conn. 
Logo, F., Captain 119th P. V., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Latti), James W., A. A. G. 3d Brigade, 1st Division Sixtii Corjjs, 434 Wal- 
nut street, Piiihulelphia. 
Lester, Joseph. 

Lowry, J. T., Fredericksburg, Va. 
Lang, W. E., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Lame, Rev. J. 8., Chaplain 93d P. V., 432 N. Sixty-tliird street, Phila. 
Lewis, Joseph W. 

Lee, J. B., Company K, 93d P. V., Fort Omaha, Neb. 
Lytle, Griffith, Company C, 49th P. V., Downs, Kansas. 
Lyons, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Lyon, H. H., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Leppold, Gottlieb, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Leed, Peter, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Lowell, Charles, Lieutenant, 7th Mass. V., 2d Aud. Office, Washington, D. C. 
Lyman, Wyllis, Major, 10th Vt. y., 1341 L street, N. W., D. C. 
Lindsley, W. E., Company E, 90th P. V. 
Liebman, Herman, 57 Portland avenue, Brooklyn. 
Lawrence, C. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Longley, C. E., Hartford, Conn. 
Lounsbury, P. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Lucas, F. A., Hartford, Conn. 
Laws, E. E., Hartford, Conn. 
Larcelli, Joseph, Hartford, Conn. 
Leach, Oscar, Hartford, Conn. 

Lowell, Rev. D. R., 121st N. Y. V., 11 Ash Grove place, Albany, N. Y. 
Larue, H. C, 14th N. Y. V., 114 Hancock Building. 
Loomis, F. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Lathrop, W. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Lyons, C. J., Hartford, Conn. 
Leeds, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Linsley, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Leonard, C. B., 16th Conn. V., Hartford, Conn. 
Laurence, E. D., Hartford, Conn. 
Loewe, D. E., Hartford, Conn. 
Leonard, J. W., 2(1 N. J. V. 

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Malcolm, William, Esq., 1316 S. Thirteenth street, Philadelphia. 
Maguire, Hon. John, Court House, Brooklyn. 

Mills, Major T. McKenzie, 67th N. Y. V., 235 Macon street, Brooklyn. 
Metcalf, Henry, Sergeant 67th N. Y. V., Tenth Precinct Police Station, 

Brooklyn. 
Morris, John, 67th N. Y. V., 770 Third avenue, Brooklyn. 
Manning, Henry S., N. Y. V., Ill Liberty street, New York City. 
Moore, Charles A., Ill Liberty street. New York City. 



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Murdock, J. C, Sergeant 122d (). V., Malta, Ohio. 

Merriam, L. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Morlev, H. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Morris, J. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Mayer, A., Hartford, Conn. 

Marwick, A. Jr., Hartford, Conn. 

Mansuv, J. N., Hartford, Conn. 

Mitcliell, D. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Moore, E. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Merrick, J. Vaughn, Houghton, Eoxborough. 

Mathews, Hon. A. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Marsh, B. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Morris, S. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Merrilield, S. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Mower, E., Hartford, Conn. 

Middlebrooks, H., Hartford, Conn. 

Minor, Ex-Gov. W. T., Hartford, Conn. 

Mead, B. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Martin, J. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Morrison, A. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Milner, E., Hartford, Conn. 

Mandlebaum, J., Hartford, Conn. 

Miner, E. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Markham, W. W. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Multon, I). E., Hartford, Conn. 

Mather, A. E., Major 121st N. Y. V., 447 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 

Morris, William, Company K, 119th P. V., Bridgeport, Pa. 

Mansfield, W., Falls Village, Conn. 

Mount, John D. P., 1st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Mullone, M., 21st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Miller, T. A., Captain Battery E, 1st Ky. Art., 42 Main si., Lafayette, Ind. 

Mathews, J. C, Company A, 61st P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Mayette, H. P., 124th N. Y. V., 81 Reed avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mitchell, Louis, 1st ^^ J. V., Union Hill, N. J. 

Mueller, Charles P., 2d N. J. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Markley, Dr. A. D , Hatboro, Pa. 

.Morgan, J., Davis Grove, Pa. 

Munday, Heni-y H., Captain 1st N. J. V., Newark, N. J. 

Montgomery, A. J., 251 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. 

Murphy, F. W.. 509 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

Masters, Col. H. B., Gen. Wheaton's Staff, Gth Corps, 386 Broadway, N.Y. 

Moulder, Alfred, Sunbury, Pa. 

Metcalf, Frr.nk B., Jenkintown, Pa. 

Mount, "Winfield S., 428 Gold street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Moffet, William, M. D., 1614 North Second street, Philadelphia. 



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Mathews, William, 139th P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 

Miller, John P., Company H, 61st P. V., 107 S. Eighth street, Phila 

Moore, John W., 22 S. Sixth street, Philadelphia. 

Miller, Alexander, Company B, 110th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Martin.lell, AV. X., Company B. 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Moss, Jacob R., Company D, 119th P. V., 1117 Ogden street, Philadelphia. 

IVIeyers, J. H., Jr., Fredericksburg, ^'a. 

Magrath, Chesley, C. S. A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

IVInrphy, Henry, Lieut. Company E, 5th Maine \'ols., S. Narrigewock, Me. 

Meade, Colonel George, Philadelphia. 

Milford, William M, 23d P. V., Frankfnr.l, Philndeli-hia. 

Mooro, W. A., IMott's Battery, 3d X. Y. .\rtillery. 

Mills, John, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Molumpey, J. W., Pittsluirgh, Pa. 

Mathews, William, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Mey, Philip, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Moliefiy, Eobert, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Moore, E. B., Major and A. C. S., U. S. V., Chester, Pa. 

Middleton, F., 72d P. V., 2242 Oxford street, Philadelphia. 

Mewes. J. W., 72d P. V., 1204 Deacon street. Philadelphia. 

Mansfield, E. E., 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Charleston, S. C. 

Moir, Ed. J., 95th P. V., 1502 Vine street. Philadelphia. 

Mills, James N., r)7th N. Y. V., Room 3, Court House, Brooklyn. N. Y. 

Montague, P. J., 38 Court street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Mansur, Z. M., Colonel 10th Vt. V., Island Pond, Vt. 

JMoore, Elwood, 61st P. V., Villisca, Iowa. 

Miller, John C, Company K, 93d P. Y., Lykins, Pa. 

Merritt, John B., 174th X"^. Y. V., of J. S. Loomis A: Co., cor. Mervine and 

Baltic streets, Brooklyn. 
Mower, Eobert, 95th P. V., Eoxborough, Philadelphia. 
Hiller, E. J., 23d P. Y., 2331 Fairhill street. Philadelphia 
Mix, J. B., Xew Haven, Conn. 
Monson, Z. W., Xew Haven, Conn. 
Maloney, C, X'^ew Haven, Conn. 
Main, C. H., Xew London, Conn. 
Morgan. Hon. J. C, Xew London, Conn. 
Money, Hon. I). A. S., Xew London, Conn. 
Martin, Hon. C, Windham, Conn. 
Maslen tS: Co., Hartford, Conn. 

Mount, Winfield S., 428 Gold street, Brooklyn. X. Y. 
Merrill, Charles X., 121st X. Y. V., Cooperbtown, X. Y. 
Marquette, J. H., Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
McFadden, X'eall, 5114 Pear street, Philadelphia. 
McCune, Thomas, Company D, 102d P. V., Pittsburg. Pa. 
McKenna, James, 61st P. Y., Pittsburg, Pa. 



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McDowell, B. B., Captain 61st P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 
McGrath, T. J., Captain 102d P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 
McElroy, James, 61st P. Y., Pittsburg, Pa. 
^IcGovern, Patrick, Hartford, Conn. 
IMcLean, G. P., Hartford, Conn. 
McConville, W. J., Hartford, Conn. 

McGinnis, James, 23d P. V., 521 S. Twentieth street, PJiiladelpliia. 
McCleJlan, A. Colonel, Drifton, Pa. 
McKenna, J., Pittsburg. Pa. 

McNicken, J. A., Major 43d N. Y. V., 7 S. Elliott, Brooklyn, X. Y. 
McLaughlin, J. M., Corp E, 102d P. V., Pittsburg, Pa. 
McGee, James M., Company E, 119th P. V., Eoxbo rough, Philadelphia. 
McCartney, General W. H. (McCartney's Battery). Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
McCracken, T. M., Fredericksburg, Va. 
McCarty, James, Company D, 61st P. V., Pittsburgh. Pa. 
ISlcLaren, H., Company C, 61st P. ^'., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
McCambridge t^ Co., 521 Cherry street, Philadelphia. 
McLaughlin, E., 7th Maine Vols., East Saginaw, Mich. 
McCullough, J. W., 6th Md. Vols., EowlandsviUe, Cecil Co., Md. 
McCormick, J. E., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
McCombs, M., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

McBride, Eobert, Captain 72d P. V., Holmesburg, Pa. 
McMahon, General M. T., Chief of Staft", 6th Corps, 93 Nassau street, N. Y. 
McNaughton, Peter, IS Fulton street, N. Y. 
McCarthy & Cleary, Haitford, Conn. 
]\IcClnnie, G. W., Hartford, Conn. 



Noll, Philip, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Noi-ton, B. A., oth Maine, Portland, Maine. 

Nickerson, A. A., Major 7th Maine, Portland, Maine. 

Koon, Philip, Pittsburgh. Pa. 

Newton, Philo W., Hartford. Conn. 

Northrop, E. Y., Hartford, Conn. 

Noonan, J. N., Hartford, Conn. 

Newton, G. W., Hartford, Conn. 

N. Y. Fur Co., Hartford, Conn. 

Neagle, J. B., 6th Maine Vols., Lubec. Maine. 

Neilson, Gavin, 3d N. J. V. 

Nichols, John, Sixth and Market streets, Philadelpliia. 

Nolan, James. 

Neely, William F., 49th P. V., Harrisburg, Pa. 

Nickerson, J. N., Hartford, Conn. 

Nichols, James, Hartford, Conn. 

Ney, J. N.. Hartford, Conn. 



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O'Neill, James, {.'(luij)any H, Gist P. V., riiila(leli)liia. 

Orr, R. L., Colcnel 61st P. V., 1615 North Sixteenth street, Phihulelpiiia. 

O'Donnell, J. C, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

O'Reilk'v, Miles, tlTth N. Y. V., 25 Lawton street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Owings, John F., Colonel U.S. V., 148 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Owens, C H., Hartford, Conn. 

Ogden, Robert C, "NVanamaker's, Thirteenth and Market streets, Phila. 

Osborn, C E., Hartford, Conn. 

Osborn, X., Hartford, Conn. 

Otis, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Ostrandes, M., 121st N. Y , Ilion, N. Y. 



Phillips, A. K., Jr., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Pittman, J. G., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Pratt, Gen. C. E., Supreme Court Chambers, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Piefer, George F., 23d P. V., Twentieth below Market street, Phila. 

Piatt, James H., Colonel U. S. V., 243 Front street. New York. 

Parsons, Calvin, Parsons, Pa. 

Parsons, John vSedgwick, 61st P. V., Parsons. Pa. 

Parsons, O. A., Major 61st P. V., Parsons, Pa. 

Peck, Andrew, 38th X. Y. V., 785 Monroe street, Brooklyn. 

Peltier, P. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Plimpton, L. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Preston, E. V., Hartford, Conn. 

Preston, M. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Poole, J. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Pardee, D. W., Judge, Hartford, Conn. 

Post, "William H., Hartford, Conn. 

Preston, De Witt P., Hartford, Conn. 

Page, James O., Hartford, Conn. 

Pratt, Hon. Seth, Hartford, Conn. 

Peck, H. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Peck, George D., Lieutenant 2d X. J. V., Providence, R. I. 

Perkins, William X., 61st P. V., 417 Walnut street, Camden, X'. J. 

Pinto, Francis E., General, 32d N. Y. V., 450 B. C. B., X. Y. 

Poulson, A. J., B, 8th Del. Inf., Pension OtHce. 

Palmer, George W'., 23d P. Y., 208 Mildred street, Philadelphia. 

Parsons, J. K., Hartford, Conn. 

Parsons, J. S , Hartford, Conn. 

Pettibone, S. X., Hartford, Conn. 

Parrott, H. R., Hartford, Conn. 

Phillips, E. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Pond, D. W. C, Hartford, Conn. 



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Phelps, Jr., J. O., Hartford, Conn. 

Parmelee, M. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Pratt, F. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Park, J. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Phelps, James, Hartford, Conn. 

Parsons, E. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Phelps, D. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Patten, H. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Pierce, E. L., Signal Officer Sixth Corps, Springfield, Mass. 

Pliimmer, H. B., Colonel, Custom House, Philadelphia. 

Price, Dunbar, 1822 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

Porter, C. A., Scott Legion, 20th P. V. 

Poole, T. L., 122d N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Patterson, John C, Major 14th N. J. V., Ocean Grove, N. J. 

Pierie, George G., 423 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

Peters, Evan, Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Patton, Edward W., 1st Philadelphia Battery, Light Arty. 

Partridge, William H., Captain N. Y. V., Washington, D. C. 

Price, Rev. J. T., Salem, N. J. 

Patrick, William, Salem, X. J. 

Post, N., 121st N. Y. v., Ilion, N. Y. 

Peck, Gen. T. S., Adjutant-General State of Vt., Burlington, Vt. 

Pyle, Daniel H., Company B, 93d P. V., Earlville, Berks Co., Pa. 

Pugh, M. M., Company A, 33d N. Y. V. 

Pingree, Ex-Gov. S. E., Vermont Brigade, Hartford, Vt. 

Phillips, G. L., Tolland, Conn. 

Paine, Hon. A. A., Windham, Conn. 

Peek, De Witt, Hartford, Conn. 

Piper, Frank, 121st N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

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Quigley, William J., 23d P. V., Merced, Cal. 

Quin, P. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Quick, D. U., 124th N. Y^ V.; 282 Broadway, N. Y. 



Redhefler, W. H., Company I, 82d P. V., 920 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 

Riland, W. H., Captain Company A, 93d P. V., Reading, Pa. 

Righter, Richard, Company A, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Rumney, Alfred, Company A, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 

Rodgers, John, Company C, 119th P. V., 1403 N. Thirteenth st., Phila. 

Russell, AV. H., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Rowe, M. B., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Riley, J., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Roy, Robert, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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Rhodes, J. Sedgwick, CaiJtain Compaiiv D, 01st P. V., Parsons, Pa. 
Reilley, Jolin E., Sergeant (ilHh P. V., 2007 Catharine street, Pliiladelphia. 
Keed, Jolin, 72d P. V., 2004 Cnmlnia street, PJiihidelpliia. 
Richards, IJenjaniin W., Captain and Brevet-Lieu't-Col. and A. D. C, 524 

Wahnit street, Phihidelpliia. 
Reed, George E., Company A. 'Joth P. W. Harrislnirg, Pa. 
Rohinson, Hamjjton, 95tli P. V., 2427 Turner street, Philadelphia. 
Rol)inson, James, 23d P. V., 1507 Reed street, Philadelphia. 
Ruft; Jos., Lieutenant 67th P. V., 1922 Rittenhouse street. Philadelphia. 
Rudolph, J. S., Captain 82d P. V., 2040 Bainl nidge street, Philadelphia. 
Ridgway, Charles W., Room 3, Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Ridgway, James W., District Attorney Kings County, Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Roberts, E., 228 X. Delaware avenue, Philadelphia. 
Ruege, Henry, 61st P. V., Pittsljurgh, Pa. 
Reid, William, 07th N. Y., 287 Fulton street, Brooklyn, X'. Y. 
Robinson, H. C, Hartford, Conn, 
Ratliburn, J. G., Hartford, Conn. 
Rodgers, H. .T-iffT^rtford, Conn. 

Roden, G . ...-i Sergt. Company K, 2d N. J.. 622 Market st.. Phila. 

Roberts, \V . Jta., Hartford, Conn. 
Rodgers, D. J., Hartford, Conn. 
Royce, P. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Richmond, S. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Rood, David A., Hartford, Conn. 
Russell, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Reynolds, W. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Roath, C. E., Bridgeport, Conn. 
Richmond, F. S , Hartford, Conn. 
Roraback, A. T., Hartford, Conn. 
Randall William, Tolland, Conn. 
Rutan, Thomas B., 139th N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rusk, P. H., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Rodgers, Thomas, 61st P. V., 44 Court street, Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Robertson, H. W., 1st Conn. Cav., S. W. cor. Fifth and Chestnut sts., Phila. 
Reeves, C. H., 32d P. V. 
Ridgway, John J., Sheriff, Philadelphia. 

Rogers, Maj. P. F, Supt. N. J. Home for Disabled Soldiers, Newark, N. J. 
Ru.ssell, E. K., Capt. 1st U. S. Arty., Maj. 05th N. Y. V., Fort Canity, W. T. 
Riley, John, Hailtoro, Pa. 
Rife, H. J., 506 Market street, Philadelphia. 

Rapp. A. G., Company H., 138th P. V., 308 N. Broad street, Philadelphia. 
Robertson, Richard J., 1113 S. Fourth street, Camden, N. J. 
Rorer, Rebecca, Shoemakertown, Pa. 
Rorer, William H.. Major 138th P. V.. Hatbonx Pa. 
Rorer, J. T., Jr., Hatboro, Pa. 



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Reinoehl, C. W., 93d P. V., Lebanon, Ba. 

Eussell, John, Company D, 102ci P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Ritner, Kev. I. N., Company A, 49th P. V., 2026 N. Twenty-lii-st St, Phila. 

Rice, Hon. J. H., New Haven, Conn. 

Root, E. F., New Haven, Conn. 

Robbins, E. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Rogers, Hon. ( ). R., New London, Connecticut. 

Ryan, P. D., Hartford, Conn. 

Roney, Cxeorge, Philadelpliia. 



vSpaulding, A. W., Hartfird, Conn. 

Saunders, C S., Hartford, Conn. 

Slayman, Charles R., 23d P. V., Firebaugh, Cal. 

Smith, Sergeant-Major 14th N. Y. V., Pier 14 N. R., N. Y. 

Sayles, A. S., 16th and 121st N. Y. V. 

Smith, Thomas H., First Sergeant 121st N. Y. V. 

Staiger, Gotleib, 23d P. V., 1115 Ridge avenue, Philadel- " 

Scotield, E. L., Hartford, Conn. 

Stanton, A. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Sparry, E. K., Hartford, Conn. 

Sweet, C. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Simmons, J. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Stockman, F., Hartford, Conn. 

Smith, R. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Stowe, L. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Steele, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Smith, William H., Hartford, Conn. 

Steele, H. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Skelly, M. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Stevens, N. B., Hartford, Conn. 

Soby, Charles, Hartford, Conn. 

Sloane, P. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Scoville, S. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Smith, E. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Safford, J. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Shepard, R. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Shepard, N., Hartford, Conn. 

Silliman, C. F., Hartford, Conn. 

Seymour, M. W., Bridgeport, Conn. 

Sheldon, H. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Sanford, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Sperry, E. P., Hartford, Conn. 

Stevens, W. T., Hartford, Conn. 

Scovill, E. A., 121 Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio. 



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Stacklioiise, Wm. E., n9th P. V., 1851 N, Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Snyder, C. N., Company K, 95th P. V., 1307 Arch street, Philadcldhia. 

Smith, Wm. B., Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Swift cV: Cole, C. S. A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

Sener, J. W., Captain, 30th Va. V., C. S. A. 

Stevens, J. U., Lieut., 5lh Me. V., 70 Fanueil Hall Market, JJoston, Mass. 

Sexton, John, 23d P. V., 655 X. Thirty-ninth street, Philadcli)hia. 

Spence, Jas., Sergeant, 23d P. V., 3910 Parrish street, Philadcliihia. 

Smith, Clias. 

Singerly, Wm. M., Philadeli)hia Record, 917 Chestnut street. 

Smith, John F. 

Stewart, David. 

Smith, Wm., Company H, 9od P. V., 806 E street, Washington, D. C. 

Shills, A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Sonefeld, Jacob, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Snee, James, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Shumacker, Chris., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schaefer, Robt., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schrott, Geo., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schills, £., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Stearnes, Daniel M., Lewiston. Me. 

Salmon, Arthur C, 44 Court street, Brooklyn. 

Sippel, C. P., Captain G, 93d P. V., Fairfield, Iowa. 

Shaler, Alex., General, Shaler's Brig., 6th Corps, 301 ISIott St., N. Y. City. 

Seymour, E. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Smith, E. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Staub, M., Hartford, Conn. 

Sumner, G. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Slingland, M., Hartford, Conn. 

Sangier, M. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Simmons, W. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Scott, John, Hartford, Conn. 

Stuart, Charles T., Hartford, Conn. 

Sheldon, H. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Stokes, Col. J. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Seckerson, R. S., Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Stiliwell, G. W., Captain. 07th N. Y., Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Sealey, J. C, 67th X. Y., Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Skinner. Daniel, Barton's Landing, Vt. 

Snyder, Wm. K., 95th P. V. 

South, T. W., Company J, 153d Ohio, 4302 FranRford avenue, Phila. 

Smith, Chas. K., 123 Arch street, Philadelphia. 

Stansbury, W' bitfield, 6th Md. V., Hamj)stead, Md. 

Shea, Jas., Company D, 61st P. V., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Sumner, Col. Alex. B., 6th Me. V., Lubec, Me. 



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Stokes, Chas., Esq., Rancocas, N. J. 

Shaw, Thos., 915 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia. 

Sutmeyer, E. H., Company A, 102d P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Slociim, Gen. H. W., 465 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Salmon, A. W„ 3d N. J. V., Paymaster-General's Office, Wasliington, D. C. 

Stewart, John, Sharon, Pa. 

Spi'ogell, Ed., Brady ville, Pa. 

Smith, C. Ross, 406 S. Twenty-second street. Philadelphia. 

Shearman, Thos. G., 45 William street, New York City. 

Stoddard, W. L., Company D, Conn. Vol. Art., Merideu, Conn. 

Smith, Geo. W., Company F, 138th P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

Shearer, L. D., Sergeant, Company A, ISSth P. V., Xorristown, Pa. 

Shaw, Isaac, 931 Spring Garden street, Philadelphia. 

Schiedt, Jacob E., Company F, 119th P. V. 1719 Bouvier street, Phila. 

Stover, Geo. H., U. S. N., 95 and 97 Liberty street, X. Y. 

Shorter, John U., C. vS. A., Room 3 Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Stewart, Thomas J., Company C, 138th P. V.. Philadelphia. 

Serva, M. T., ISSth P. V., Washington, D. C. 

Schimp, Edmund, Salem, N. J. 

Sylvester, Lewis, Salem N. J. 

Stauring, C. H., 121st N. Y. V., Frankfort, N. Y. 

Seaman, Fred., Company M, 102d P. V. 

Scott, Alex., 10th Vt. Y., Patent Office, Washington, D. C. 

Stryker, W. S., Adjutant-General X. J., Trenton, X. J. 

Seymour, Gen. Truman, L'. S. A., Florence, Italy. 

Sanders. H. P., Capt., 151st N. Y. V., Room 23, Post Office, Washington, D. C. 

Ste\yart, John, 3d X. J. V., 2238 Christian street, Philadelphia. 

Scanlan, J. E., Hartford, Conn. 

Sumner, C. F., Tolland, Conn. 

Smith, Hon. E. D., Fairfield, Conn. 

Shumway, Hon. M. A., Windham, Conn. 

Swords, F. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Shay, William, Company D, 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Shay, Simon K., Company K, 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Sheldon, S. S., 121st N. Y. V., Otsdana, N. Y'. 



Thomas, J. W., Fredericksburg. Va. 

Thorn, Horace, Frankford, Philadelphia. 

True, E. R., Company B, 61st P. V., Bottom Centre, Canada. 

Truesdell, Colonel Samuel, 93 Nassau street, N. Y'. City. 

Tyler, H. A., Hartford, Conn. 

Thompson, C. O., Hartford, Conn. 

Torrence, D., Hartford, Conn. 

Taylor, W. S., Hartford, Conn. 



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TililKts, J. A., IliiitlVml, Conn. 

Tutile. N. J., Hartford, Conn. 

Tlmmpson, J. M., Haftford, Conn 

Taylor, J. C, Hartford, Conn. 

Tyler, J. K., r21st N. Y. V. 

Thompson, Alexander, Company B, Olst P. V., Webster City, Iowa. 

Tutten, E., Colonel 5tli Wis. V., Washington, D. C. 

Tourgee, J. H., 2d R. I. Vols., 289 Main street, Norwich, Conn. 

Tilden, Clay, 21st N. J. V., Jersey City, N. J. 

Taylor, Amos, Lieut. Co. A, 119th P. V., Martin St., Koxborough, I'hila. 

Titus, Silas, Colonel 122d N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Tracy, O. V., Captain 122d N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y, 

Teese, K. W., Corporal Company G, 102d P. V., Warren, Pa. 

Taylor, W. H., Sergeant Company B, 98tli P. V., Warren, Pa. 

Taylor, James C, 14th X. J. V., Trenton, N, J. 

Tailoft; Ivan, Major 65th X. Y. V., 5-4 Worth street, N. Y. City. 

Tall man, L. C, Lieut. 1st N. Y. Independent Battery, Marshall, Field & 

("o., Madison and Market streets, Chicago, 111. 
Toering, Emil, Company E, 2d N. J. V. 
Todhunter, William, Mountain Dale, Pa. 
Todd, F. O., Suspension Bridge, Pa. 

Taft, James A., Lieutenant 121st N. Y. Y., Sergeant BluflJ Iowa. 
Tucker, Hon. J. E., Tolland, Conn. 
Thompson, J. S., Xew Haven, Conn. 
Tingley, G. W., New London, Conn. 
Terry, Hon. Charles, Windham, Conn. 
Tracy, Tarbox & Eobinson, Hartford, Conn. 

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riiler, George H., 93d P. V., Lebanon, Pa. 

Uppernmn, John, Pittsburg, Pa. . 

Uebing, William, Pittsburg, Pa, 

Upson, L. A., 02d N. Y. V., Thompsonville, Conn. 

Utiey, George T., Hartford, Conn. 



Vandegrift, C. :\I., 119th P. V., N. E. Cor. 20th and Fairmount ave.,Phila. 

Viokery, Jos., Captain A, 9oth P. V., 203 N. Broad street, Philadelphia. 

Van Dusen, C, 1st N. Y. Mtd. Eifles, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Veazey, D. B., Lieutenant, 3d Vt. V., Hillsboro, Mo. 

Vanscoy, H. C, Captain, 121st N. Y. V., Wells Bridge, N. Y\ 

^^^n Tagen, E.,!(McCarthy Battery, 439 M street N. W., Washington, D. C. 

Valentine, Geo. J., 246 Sackett street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Vanhtrn, Amos H.. Company A, 26th N. J. \'. 

Van Liew, John H., 1st N. J. V., 427 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn. 



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Walter, P. V., 1st. Sergeant H, 3d N. J. V., Newark, N. J. < 

Wood, Israel C, Company K, 13Sth P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

Williams, George W., Company C, loSth P. V., Norristown, Pa. 

White, Roland, Sixth and Market streets, Philadeliihia. 

Wrigley, Wm. Jr., 2914 N. Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 

AVrigley, Wm. Sr., Lieut., 197th P. V., Eighteenth and Cayuga sts., Phila. 

W^ells, Wm. H., 49th N. Y. V., 63 Garfield street, Brooklyn, N. Y, 

Wells, Edward, 125-133 College street, Burlington, Vt. 

Wartman, C. C, Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Warren, G., 121st N. Y. V., Ilion, N. Y. 

Wells, Col. Chas. H., Tribune Building, N. Y. 

Westbrook, R. S., 49th P. V., Huntingdon, Pa. 

Walton, P. M., 1st N. J. V., 2446 N. Sixth street, Philadelphia. 

Wiland, John, Mountain Dale, Cambria County, Pa. j 

Weidner, Mahlon, Company B, 93d P. V., Earlville, Berks County, Pa. 

Workman, Levi, Company G, 96tli P. V., Wiscnisco, Pa. 

Williams, Hobart, 1407 . ouglass street, Omaha, Neb. 

AVilbig, John J., 40th N. Y. V., 19 Sullivan street. New York. 

Woodin, B. C, New Haven; Conn. 

Wagner, John, Tolland, Conn. 

W^aterbury Sunday Democrat, Waterbury, N. Y. 

Woodard, Hon. A. O., Windham, Conn. 

Warner, F. N., Hartford, Conn. 

White, F. G., Hartford, Conn. 

Wray, Wm. J., Company F, 23d P. V., Sergt. 1st Vet. Res. Corps, 3923 

Reno street, Philadelphia. 
Wheaton, Frank, Major-General U. S. A., Fort Omaha, Neb. 
Walton, J. P., Hartford, Conn. 
Wood, J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Weed, A. G., Hartford, Conn. 
Wickman, H. J., Hartford, Conn. 
Wickman, C. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Welsh, W, W., Hartford, Conn. 
Watson, George, Hartford Conn. 
Wheaton, C. A., Hartford, Conn. 
Wise, M. J., Hartford, Conn. 
Wood, L. E., Hartford, Conn. 
Walcott, W. S., Oneida, N. Y. 
Walkley, S., Hartford, Conn. 
Welch, E. S., Norfolk, Conn. 
W. C. C, Granby, Conn. 
Wilson, J. W., 928 Arch street, Philadelphia. 
Wilson, N. G., 138th P. V., Gettysburg, Pa. 

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Whiting, Mrs. M. L., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Wiokware, diaries. Company I, 0th Vt., Wehster City, Iowa. 

Wanamaker & Brown, Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia. 

Walters, A. H., ( ompany B, 25th P. V., 118th P. V., llo Walnut st., Phila. 

Wallace, William J., Lieut.-Col. 23d P. V.. 1432 S. Forty-ninth st.. Phila. 

Wilkinson, J., 32d Pa. M., Thirteenth and Carpenter streets, Philadelphia. 

Wright, F. H., Great Barrington, Mas.s. 

Wells, John M., 23d P. V., Rancocas, N. J. 

Wiedei-sheini, John A., Corp. Co. F, 119th P. V., Record building, Phila, 

Wells, Janie.s G., 138th P. V., Ninth and Spring Garden streets, Phila. 

Williams, John W., Co. G, 119th P. V., Spring City, Chester County, Pa. 

Williams, Miss May, Spring City, Chester County, Pa. 

Wright, James, Company A, 11 9th P. V., 2839 Frankford Road, Phila. 

Walker, L., Sergeant 67th N. Y. V., Box 76, Station G, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Walker, H. B., Second Lieut. Co. G., 121st N. Y". V., Cooperstown, N. Y. 

Wallings, Don J., Second Lieut. Co. F, -19th P. V., N. E. cor. Twelfth and 

Sjjring Garden streets, Philadelphia. 
AVoerner, Charles, 20th N. X. V., Trenton, N. J. 

Woerner Rudolph, Lieut.-Col. 119th P. V., Second and Monroe sts., Phila. 
Worth, Geo., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Williams, W. H., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Wartneight, S. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Walpole, Horace H., Lieutenant-Colonel 122d N. Y'., Syracuse, X. Y. 
Wade, Wm. H., Lieutenant, 7th Mass. V., Plainville, Mass. 
Welteroth, Peter F , 2d Conn. H. Art., 125 N. River st., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
White, John M., Co. A, 15th N. J. V., 271 E. Market st., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Williams, Jos. A., 138th P. Y., Port Kennedy, Pa. 
Whitehead, Mortimer, Company F, 26th X. J. V., Middlebush, N. J. 
Wilson, C. L., New Y'ork City. 
White, J. J., Room 3 Court House, Brooklyn. 
Walkley, Arthur W., Room 3, Court House, Brooklyn. 
Wernberg, J. A. 367 Fulton street, New Y''ork. 
Wiland, John, Jr., Mountain Dale, Pa. 
Wilson, Robt. P , Adjutant-General 1st Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps, 234 Main 

street, Buffalo, N. Y'. 
Webster, W. E, Cowan's Battery, Auburn, N. Y'. 
Walters, C. A., Company 1, 155th P. V., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
W^alsh, P. J.. Hartford, Conn. 
Walker, A. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Whitney, .A F., Hartford, Conn. 
Welch, Dr. J. H., Hartford, Conn. 
Wheeler, Chas. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Wasserbach, J. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Warner, A., State Treasurer, Hartford, Conn. 
W^oodrufl', Geo. M., Hartford, Conn. 



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Wilson, J. S., Hartford, Conn. 
Wander «S: Son, W., Hartford, Conn. 
Webster, J. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Wliiting, C. B., Hartford, Conn. 
Wilson, J. L., Hartford, Conn. 
Winnie, J. C, Hartford, Conn. 
Williams, J. K., Hartford, Conn. 
Wessells, L. W., Hartford, Conn. 

Walter, A. F., 95th P. V., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 
Walker, J. M., Company A, (ilst P. V., Tawas City, Mich. 
Woerner. Rudolph, Company D, 119th P. V. 
Weygand, Casper P., Company F, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 
Wells, Jos. W., Company K, 119th P. V., 411 Julianna street, Phila. 
Ward, Thomas, Company A, 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 
Waltz, Frederick, N. E. cor. Ch£stnut and Christian streets, Lancaster, Pa. 
Willis & Crismond, Fredericksburg, Va. 
Wallace, Charles & Brother, C. S. A., Fredericksburg, V^a. 
Wheeler, E. K., Fredericksburg, Va. 
Williams, Charles, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Wilson, F. B., Company B, 93d P. V., 739 Chestnut street, Reading, Pa. 
Walters, Jacob L., 119th P. V., Philadelphia. 
Whittier, General C A., Boston, Mass. 
White, Jos. H., 23d P. V., Easton, Md. 

Williams, Frederick, Company E, 119th P. V., Quinton, Salem Co., N. J. 
Weidersheim, W. A., 915 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 
Welsh, Samuel, 406 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 

Wright, Maj.-Gen. H. G., Com. Gth Corps, 1203 N. st., X. W., Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Wilson, Charles H., Sergeant 49th P. V., Plymouth, Pa. 
Wetherill, J. M., Colonel 82d P. V., Pottsville, Pa. 
Wiland, John, Mountain Dale, Cambria County, Pa. 
Wainwright, S. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Wagner, O. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Welsh, E., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Wagner, J., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Wanner, R. R., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Williams, W. H , Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Ward, James, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Wishnewosky, John, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Yeo, John, 119th P. V., 1358 Palmer street, Philadelphia. 

Young, E. S., Hartford, Conn. 

Y'eo, Samuel, 119th P. V., 1556 Montgomery avenue, Philadelphia. 



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Zimmer, John, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Zeigler, William T., 87th P. V., Gettysburg, Pa. 

Addenda. 

Bodine, W. K., 1957 Mervine street, Philadelphia. 

Glenn, John F., Colonel 23d P. V., 2535 Brown street, Philadelphia. 



APPENDIX H. 



Report of Treasurer. 

Philadelphia. July S3, 1887. 

To the President and Members of the 

Sedgwick Memorial Association. 

Gentlemen : — The undersigned respectfully submits the 

following report of the financial operations of the Association 

from date of organization to July 23. 1887. 

Receipts. 
Subscriptions to the Monument Fund $2,375 00 

ExPEXKITrRES. 

Paid for purchase of land, clearing and putting same 
in order ; purchase, transportation, and erection of 
Monument and Railing, and all expenses pertaining 

to same SI, 055 51 

Expenses of Executive Committee 51 00 

Incidentals 4 57 

Printing and postage 222 04 

1,933 12 

Balance for investment, the interest on whicli is to be used in 

keeping the Monument and grounds in repair $441 88 



DAVID GINTHER. 

Treas^irer. 

Audited, passed, and approved. 

Signed. 

James "W. Latta, 
William J. Wray. 
Samuel McCambridge. 

Auditing Committee. 

Note.— The Excursion Committee reported a net gaiu of S447.9o from the proceeds 
of the Excursiou to Spottjrlvania, which was usetl toward defrayiug the cost of pub- 
lishing this hook. 



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